equilibrium
IPA: ikwʌɫˈɪbriʌm
noun
- The condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced, resulting in no net change.
- Mental balance.
- (chemistry) The state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same.
- (physics) The state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero.
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Examples of "equilibrium" in Sentences
- Ten years ago, this place was at a-- was at a state of what we call equilibrium, where the ice that melted was matched by the gain of ice during winter.
- He studied the Chinese people, celebrated for their longevity, and he sought for the best methods of maintaining what he called the equilibrium of vital forces.
- The intuition behind MM's second invariance theorem, i.e., that dividend policy does not affect the market value of the firm in equilibrium, is also apparent in retrospect.
- These pre-bubble prices appeared to be a long-term equilibrium, meaning that prices would be expected to return to those levels once the government's efforts to artificially increase homeownership receded.
- Some scholars use the term "homeostatic emotions" to describe states like fatigue and hunger that provide feedback on the internal condition of our bodies, but the need to maintain equilibrium is broader than that.
- The real world is never in equilibrium, and never will be until life disappears from the universe and all that is left are the remnants of burned out stars radiating away their residual energy in the infrared spectrum.
- The term equilibrium accurately describes the type of organization established by competition between the different biological species and the environment, but not the more permanent organizations of individuals and groups which we find in human society.
- Rachel: So the equilibrium is a place populated partly by libertarian escapists, and partly by non-libertarian teachers and nurses and radio dispatchers who work there because none of the escapists could do those jobs (or in sufficient quantities to meet demand)?
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