equilibrium

Definition of Equilibrium in English :

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Noun

1. equilibrium

a stable situation in which forces cancel one another

2. chemical equilibrium, equilibrium

a chemical reaction and its reverse proceed at equal rates

chemical equilibrium

3. balance, counterbalance, equilibrium, equipoise

equality of distribution

4. equilibrium, labyrinthine sense, sense of balance, sense of equilibrium, vestibular sense

a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Equilibrium

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noun plural -riums or -ria (-rɪə)

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

thermodynamic equilibrium

4. physics

a state of rest or uniform motion in which there is no resultant force on a body

5. chemistry

the condition existing when a chemical reaction and its reverse reaction take place at equal rates

6. physics

the condition of a system that has its total energy distributed among its component parts in the statistically most probable manner

7. physiology

a state of bodily balance, maintained primarily by special receptors in the inner ear

8.

the economic condition in which there is neither excess demand nor excess supply in a market

Equilibrium

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nounWord forms: plural ˌequiˈlibriums or ˌequiˈlibria (ˌikwəˈlɪbriə ; ēˌkwəlibˈrēə)

1.

a state of balance or equality between opposing forces

2.

a state of balance or adjustment of conflicting desires, interests, etc.

3.

a.

the ability of the animal body to keep itself properly oriented or positioned; bodily stability or balance

b.

mental or emotional stability or balance; poise

4.

the condition in a reversible chemical reaction in which the products of the reaction are consumed by the reverse reaction at the same rate as they are formed, and there is no net change in the concentrations of the products or the reactants

5.

the stage of a radioactive material at which the rate of disintegration and the rate of formation are equal for each intermediate product in the radioactive decay series

Equilibrium

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n. pl. e·qui·lib·ri·ums or e·qui·lib·ri·a (-rē-ə)

1. A condition in which all acting influences are canceled by others, resulting in a stable, balanced, or unchanging system.

2. Mental or emotional balance.

3. Physics The state of a body or physical system at rest or in unaccelerated motion in which the resultant of all forces acting on it is zero and the sum of all torques about any axis is zero.

4. Chemistry

a. The state of a chemical reaction in which its forward and reverse reactions occur at equal rates so that the concentration of the reactants and products does not change with time.

b. The state of a system in which more than one phase exists and exchange between phases occurs at equal rates so that there is no net change in the composition of the system.

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