equilibrium
Pronunciation: /ɛkwɪˈlɪbɹɪəm/
The English word “equilibrium” has 4 meanings listed here.
noun
- The condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced, resulting in no net change.
- Mental balance.
- The state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same.
- The state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero.
Etymology
From Latin aequilībrium, from equal + lībra (“balance”).
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More English words
- equilibrist
- equilibristic
- equilibristics
- equilibrity
- equilibrium constant
- equilibrium price
- equilibrium time
- equilibrium vapor pressure
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