equilibrium

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Examples

“To Hydroſtaticks belong⟳ whatever relates to the Gravities and Equilibria of Liquors; with the Art of weighing Bodies in Water, in order⟳ to eſtimate the ſpecifick Gravities.”

“1999, The Matrix, Agent Smith speech Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment but you humans do not. You move⟳ to an area and you multiply⟳ and multiply⟳ until every natural resource is consumed and the only way you can survive⟳ is to spread⟳ to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know⟳ what it is? A virus.”

“Tiffany Pollard: What just happened?! Eric Andre: That coffee mug is broken. Tiffany Pollard: I can't take⟳ this. This is gonna mess up my equilibrium.”

“It now appears that the locomotive did not blow⟳ up, as was commonly stated at the time, but that the aeroplane flew so low as to come⟳ into contact⟳ with the dome of the engine, knocking it off. It was the combination of the impact and the uprush of steam that so disturbed the equilibrium of the raider as to cause it to crash⟳.”

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