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equilibrium en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /iːkwɪˈlɪbɹɪəm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɛkwɪˈlɪbɹɪəm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. The condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced, resulting in no net change.
   • 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. 1733, Philip Miller, “HYDROSTATICKS”, in The Gardeners Dictionary: […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: […] C[harles] Rivington, […], →OCLC, column 1:
   • 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.
2. Mental balance.
   • 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. 2020, The Eric Andre Show, season 5, episode 6:
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.
   • 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. 1943 May and June, “Notes and News: Effective Locomotive "Ack-Ack" Fire”, in Railway Magazine, page 180:

Forms

Antonyms

nonequilibrium · instability · disequilibrium · imbalance · instability · disequilibrium · madness · insanity

Deriveds

market equilibrium · secular equilibrium · economic equilibrium · acid-base equilibrium · Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium · hydrostatic equilibrium · hypoequilibrium · photoequilibrium · equilibrium price · quasiequilibrium · unstable equilibrium · superequilibrium · static equilibrium · equilibrium vapor pressure · neutral equilibrium · equilibrist · chemical equilibrium · isoequilibrium · Nash equilibrium · punctuated equilibrium · partial equilibrium · stable equilibrium · equilibrium constant · pseudoequilibrium · radioactive equilibrium · disequilibrium · homogeneous equilibrium · reequilibrium · thermodynamic equilibrium · nonequilibrium · heterogeneous equilibrium · dysequilibrium · preequilibrium · equilibrium time · dynamic equilibrium · dynamic stochastic general equilibrium · general equilibrium

Hypernyms

stasis (in physics)

Hyponyms

heat death (in physics)

Relateds

equilibrioception · equilibrize · equivalence · equilibrate

Synonyms

sanity · stability · balance

Translations (165)

el ισορροπία (physics: state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero) · cy cydbwysedd (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · yo ìgúnrégé (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · ja 釣り合い (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · ru равнове́сие (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · he סימביוזה (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · et tasakaal (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · cs ekvilibrium (physics: state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero) · sv jämvikt (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · fr équilibre (chemistry: state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same) · lt rimti̇̀s (physics: state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero) · he שִׁוּוּי מִּשְׁקָל (chemistry: state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same) · it equilibrio (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · tr denge (physics: state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero) · cs rovnováha (chemistry: state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same) · nan-hbl 平衡 (chemistry: state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same) · no likevekt (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · pt equilíbrio (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · ro stabilitate (physics: state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero) · pl równowaga (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · pt equilíbrio (mental balance) · nl evenwicht (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · es equilibrio (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · el ψυχική αταραξία (mental balance) · el ηρεμία (mental balance) · id ekuilibrium (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · no ekvilibrium (chemistry: state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same) · el διανοητική αταραξία (mental balance) · pl równowaga psychiczna (mental balance) · ko 평형 (physics: state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero) · tr denge (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · et tasakaal (chemistry: state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same) · io equilibro (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · ja 均衡 (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · tr muvazene (chemistry: state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same) · pl równowaga (physics: state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero) · no likevekt (chemistry: state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same) · ja 平衡 (chemistry: state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same) · ru равнове́сие (mental balance) · kix vâu (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · tl katiningan (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · la aequilībrium (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · ru равнове́сие (chemistry: state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same) · es equilibrio (mental balance) · ota دنك (physics: state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero) · el ισορροπία (mental balance) · cmn 平衡 (physics: state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero) · pl równowaga (chemistry: state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same) · da ligevægt (chemistry: state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same) · es equilibrio (chemistry: state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same) · da ligevægt (physics: state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero) · hu egyensúly (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · el ισορροπία (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · cs rovnováha (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · es equilibrio (physics: state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero) · ca equilibri (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · et tasakaal (physics: state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero) · lt ekvili̇̀briumas (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · fa تعادل (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · nl evenwicht (physics: state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero) · ja バランス (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · fi tasapaino (physics: state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero) · cmn 平衡 (chemistry: state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same) · ca equilibri (physics: state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero) · he שִׁוּוּי מִּשְׁקָל (physics: state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero) · ro ponderație (mental balance) · ar تَعَادُل (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · ms keseimbangan (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · he אִזּוּן (mental balance) · tr muvazene (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · ro echilibru mintal (mental balance) · ko 평형 (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · bg равновесие (mental balance) · de Gleichgewicht (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · et vaimne tasakaal (mental balance) · lt pusiáusvyra (mental balance) · ota اعتدال (physics: state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero) · id ekuilibrium (physics: state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero) · nl evenwicht (mental balance) · tr denge (chemistry: state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same) · kk тепе-теңдік (physics: state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero) · ja 平衡 (physics: state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero) · tr muvazene (physics: state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero) · tl katiningan (mental balance) · it quiete (physics: state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero) · pt equilíbrio (chemistry: state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same) · az tarazlıq (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · cs ekvilibrium (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · yo ìwọ̀ntúnwọ̀nsì (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · lt pusiáusvyra (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · fr équilibre (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · de Gleichgewicht (physics: state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero) · lt lygsvara (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · no ekvilibrium (physics: state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero) · de Balance (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · cs rovnováha (physics: state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero) · ar اِتِّزَان (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · gd co-chothrom (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · bg равнове́сие (chemistry: state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same) · fi tasapaino (mental balance) · mk рамнотежа (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · no sinnslikevekt (mental balance) · yue 平衡 (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · da ligevægt (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · ro stabilitate (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · yue 平衡 (chemistry: state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same) · fr équilibre (mental balance) · bg равнове́сие (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · ga cothromaíocht (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · ro echilibru (chemistry: state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same) · ro echilibru (mental balance) · bg равнове́сие (physics: state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero) · no ekvilibrium (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · he אִזּוּן (chemistry: state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same) · fr équilibre (physics: state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero) · bho संतुलन (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · ro echilibru (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · uk рівнова́га (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · mi tauritenga (chemistry: state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same) · cmn 平衡 (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · az müvazinət (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · de Ausgeglichenheit (mental balance) · ckb ھاوسەنگ (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · tl katiningan (physics: state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero) · id kesetimbangan (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · ru бала́нс (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · nan-hbl 平衡 (physics: state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero) · no likevekt (physics: state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero) · ro echilibru (physics: state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero) · ko 평형 (chemistry: state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same) · hi साम्यावस्था (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · da sindsligevægt (mental balance) · ota موازنه (physics: state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero) · mi tauritenga (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · ru равнове́сие (physics: state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero) · fi tasapaino (chemistry: state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same) · tl katiningan (chemistry: state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same) · ota دنك (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · de Gleichgewicht (chemistry: state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same) · mi ōritetanga (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · it equilibrio (chemistry: state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same) · id kesetimbangan (chemistry: state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same) · el ισορροπία (chemistry: state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same) · it equilibrio (physics: state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero) · ota اعتدال (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · kmr hevsengî (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · id kesetimbangan (physics: state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero) · eo ekvilibro (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · he אִזּוּן (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · id ekuilibrium (chemistry: state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same) · ar تَوَازُن (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · cs ekvilibrium (chemistry: state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same) · ota موازنه (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · hi संतुलन (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · id keseimbangan (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · lv līdzsvars (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · lt balánsas (mental balance) · tr itidal (mental balance) · vi cân bằng (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · ja 平衡 (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · ckb ھاوسەنگ (chemistry: state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same) · pt equilíbrio (physics: state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero) · yue 平衡 (physics: state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero) · nan-hbl 平衡 (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) · fi tasapaino (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced)