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- DictionaryE·qui·lib·ri·um/ˌekwəˈlibrēəm/
noun
- 1. a state in which opposing forces or influences are balanced: "the maintenance of social equilibrium"
1. : a state of balance between opposing forces or actions that is either static (as in a body acted on by forces whose resultant is zero) or dynamic (as in a reversible chemical reaction when the velocities in both directions are equal) 2. : a state of intellectual or emotional balance.
The state of a reversible chemical reaction in which its forward and reverse reactions occur at equal rates so that the concentration of the reactants and products remains the same. A condition in which all influences acting cancel each other, so that a static or balanced situation results.
The word equilibrium is commonly used to refer to mental or emotional balance, and a near synonym in this sense is composure. In chemistry, equilibrium is the condition existing when a chemical reaction and its reverse reaction occur at equal rates.
EQUILIBRIUM definition: 1. a state of balance: 2. a calm mental state: 3. the state in which the reactants (= substances…. Learn more.
EQUILIBRIUM meaning: 1 : a state in which opposing forces or actions are balanced so that one is not stronger or greater than the other; 2 : a state of emotional balance or calmness.
a stable condition in which forces cancel one another. 2. a state or feeling of mental balance; composure. 3. any unchanging condition or state of a body, system, etc, resulting from the balance or cancelling out of the influences or processes to which it is subjected. See thermodynamic equilibrium. 4. physics.
a state of balance, especially between different forces or influences. Any disturbance to the body's state of equilibrium can produce stress. in equilibrium The point at which the solid and the liquid are in equilibrium is called the freezing point. We have achieved an equilibrium in the economy.
