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Equilibrium Definition

equilibrium

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Etymology

From Latin æquilībrium, from æquus (“equal”) + lībra (“balance”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

equilibrium (plural equilibriums or equilibria)

  1. The condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced, resulting in no net change.
  2. (physics) The state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero.
  3. (chemistry) The state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same.
  4. Mental balance.

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Terms derived from equilibri(um)

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2equilibrium” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.]

 

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