balancement

English

Etymology

From balance +‎ -ment.

Noun

balancement

1. The act or result of balancing or adjusting; balance.
   • 1859 November 24, Charles Darwin, “Laws of Variation”, in On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 147:

     The elder Geoffroy and Goethe propounded, at about the same period, their law of compensation or balancement of growth; […]

References

• “balancement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Etymology

From balancer (“to swing”) +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

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Noun

balancement m (plural balancements)

1. rocking, swaying
2. equilibrium, balance

Further reading

• “balancement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.