English Explanatory Dictionary

equilibrium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Pronunciation

/ɛkwɪˈlɪbɹɪəm/ /iːkwɪˈlɪbɹɪəm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-equilibrium.wav

Word forms

equilibrium equilibriums equilibria æquilibrium

Etymology

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

Synonyms

balance stability sanity

Antonyms

disequilibrium imbalance instability insanity madness nonequilibrium

Related words

equilibrate equilibrioception equilibrize equivalence

Derived words

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