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Definition of Equilibrium
1. Noun. A stable situation in which forces cancel one another.
Specialized synonyms: Balance, Balance Of Power, Dynamic Balance, Homeostasis, Isostasy, Nash Equilibrium, Poise, Thermal Equilibrium
Antonyms: Disequilibrium
Derivative terms: Equilibrate, Equilibrate, Equilibrize
2. Noun. A chemical reaction and its reverse proceed at equal rates.
Specialized synonyms: Acid-base Balance, Acid-base Equilibrium
Generic synonyms: Chemical Reaction, Reaction
Derivative terms: Equilibrate, Equilibrate
3. Noun. Equality of distribution.
Generic synonyms: Construction, Structure
Specialized synonyms: Conformation, Proportion, Symmetry
Derivative terms: Equilibrate, Equilibrate, Equilibrize
4. Noun. A sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head.
Generic synonyms: Proprioception
Derivative terms: Equilibrate
Definition of Equilibrium
1. n. Equality of weight or force; an equipoise or a state of rest produced by the mutual counteraction of two or more forces.
Definition of Equilibrium
1. Noun. The condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced, resulting in no net change. ¹
2. Noun. (physics) The state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero. ¹
3. Noun. (chemistry) The state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same. ¹
4. Noun. Mental balance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Equilibrium
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Medical Definition of Equilibrium
1. Balance A condition in which no further net change is occuring in a system, and free energy is minimimal. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Equilibrium
Literary usage of Equilibrium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"But the application of constraints limiting motion cannot possibly disturb
equilibrium, and therefore the given system under the actual conditions cannot be ..."
2. Elements of the Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates by Gustav Mann, Walther Löb, Henry William Frederic Lorenz, Robert Wiedersheim, William Newton Parker, Thomas Jeffery Parker, Harry Clary Jones, Sunao Tawara, Leverett White Brownell, Max Julius Louis Le Blanc, Willis Rodney Whitney, John Wesley Brown, Wi (1907)
"CHEMICAL equilibrium equilibrium in Chemical Reactions.—When substances are brought
... The Condition of a Reaction when equilibrium is Established. ..."
3. The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte by Auguste Comte, Frederic Harrison (1896)
"The other general property relating to Stability and equilibrium may be ...
It consists in equilibrium, the fundamental distinction between the cases of ..."
4. The Phase Rule and Its Applications by Alexander Findlay (1908)
"Homogeneous and Heterogeneous equilibrium.—Before passing to the consideration
of this generalization, it will be well to first make mention of certain ..."
5. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk ( Maxwell (1873)
"Hence, if each point or line of equilibrium counts for one, two, ... There are
other points or lines of equilibrium which occur where the positive regions ..."
6. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1871)
"On Jacobi's Theorem respecting the relative equilibrium of a Revolving Ellipsoid
of Fluid, and on Ivory's discussion of the Theorem. ..."
7. Mechanics by Lewis Raymond Smith (1922)
"Another case of equilibrium is illustrated in Fig. 41. A body (B) weighing 125 Ib.
is being moved ... 42), it is evident, since the body is in equilibrium, ..."
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