Meaning

4 senses
  1. The condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced, resulting in no net change.

    Gleichgewicht, Balance

    равнове́сиеravnovésije, бала́нсbaláns

    рівнова́гаrivnováha

  2. Mental balance.

    Ausgeglichenheit

    равнове́сиеravnovésije

  3. The state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same.

    Gleichgewicht

    равнове́сиеravnovésije

    a chemical reaction and its reverse proceed at equal rates

  4. The state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero.

    Gleichgewicht

    равнове́сиеravnovésije

    a stable situation in which forces cancel one another

Examples

11 sentences
  1. The market never reaches stable equilibrium.

    deDer Markt erreicht nie ein stabiles Gleichgewicht. — Yorwba

  2. Body equilibrium is one of the cerebellum's functions.

  3. Do all systems naturally evolve towards an equilibrium state?

  4. We could apply the theory of punctuated equilibrium to languages.

    deMan könnte die Theorie des Punktualismus auf Sprachen anwenden. — MUIRIEL

  5. How can we define equilibrium for a system of moving particles?

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced:
Русский
By meaning 1
condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced:
mental balance:

Origin

From Latin aequilībrium, from equal + lībra (“balance”).

From Latin aequilībrium, from equal + lībra (“balance”).

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