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- Dictionaryequilibrium/ˌiːkwɪˈlɪbrɪəm/
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- 1. a state in which opposing forces or influences are balanced: "the task is the maintenance of social equilibrium" Similar Opposite
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equilibrium. noun [ S or U ] formal uk / ˌek.wɪˈlɪb.ri.əm / / ˌiː.kwɪˈlɪb.ri.əm / us / ˌiː.kwəˈlɪb.ri.əm / / ˌek.wəˈlɪb.ri.əm / Add to word list. a state of balance: The disease destroys much of the inner ear, disturbing the animal's equilibrium. the country's economic equilibrium. a calm mental state:
1. : a state of balance between opposing forces or actions that is either static (as in a body acted on by forces whose resultant is zero) or dynamic (as in a reversible chemical reaction when the velocities in both directions are equal) 2. : a state of intellectual or emotional balance.
a state of rest or balance due to the equal action of opposing forces. equal balance between any powers, influences, etc.; equality of effect. The pressures of the situation caused her to lose her equilibrium. Chemistry. the condition existing when a chemical reaction and its reverse reaction proceed at equal rates.
1. a stable condition in which forces cancel one another. 2. a state or feeling of mental balance; composure. 3. any unchanging condition or state of a body, system, etc, resulting from the balance or cancelling out of the influences or processes to which it is subjected. See thermodynamic equilibrium. 4. physics.
The word equilibrium is commonly used to refer to mental or emotional balance, and a near synonym in this sense is composure. In chemistry, equilibrium is the condition existing when a chemical reaction and its reverse reaction occur at equal rates.
a state of balance, especially between different forces or influences. Any disturbance to the body's state of equilibrium can produce stress. in equilibrium The point at which the solid and the liquid are in equilibrium is called the freezing point. We have achieved an equilibrium in the economy.
equilibrium noun. Meaning & use. 1.a. 1660–. In physical sense: The condition of equal balance between opposing forces; that state of a material system in which the forces acting upon the system, or those of them which are taken into consideration, are so arranged that their resultant at every point is zero.
