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self-balancing

Definition of self-balancing

adjective

  • (of a system) capable of achieving equilibrium or equality of its elements by processes inherent within it:society is postulated as a self-balancing system based on consensus
  • (of an account record) having the debit side equal to the credit side.

noun

[mass noun]
  • the process by which a system achieves and maintains a steady state by internal forces: the way our hormones change over our lives should be a natural process of self-balancing
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