Equilibrium
noun
A state of balance between opposing forces or actions.
The tug of war reached equilibrium when neither team could overpower the other.
Often appears as...
- perfect equilibrium
- market equilibrium
noun
A calm state of mind without extreme emotions.
Even during a crisis, he was admired for maintaining his equilibrium.
Often appears as...
- mental equilibrium
- emotional equilibrium
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Psychology
noun
In chemistry, a state where a reaction's forward and reverse rates are equal.
The system is in equilibrium when the concentration of reactants and products stay constant over time.
Often appears as...
- dynamic equilibrium
- chemical equilibrium
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Technical
noun
In physics, a state where all forces are balanced.
If an object is at equilibrium, the net force acting on it is zero.
Often appears as...
- thermal equilibrium
- static equilibrium
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Technical
noun
In economics, a state where supply and demand are equal.
When demand is equal to supply, we say that the market is in equilibrium.
Often appears as...
- market equilibrium
- economic equilibrium
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Academic
noun
A state of balance between opposing forces or actions.
The tug of war reached equilibrium when neither team could overpower the other.
Often appears as...
- perfect equilibrium
- market equilibrium
noun
A calm state of mind without extreme emotions.
Even during a crisis, he was admired for maintaining his equilibrium.
Often appears as...
- mental equilibrium
- emotional equilibrium
Usage tips
Psychology
noun
In chemistry, a state where a reaction's forward and reverse rates are equal.
The system is in equilibrium when the concentration of reactants and products stay constant over time.
Often appears as...
- dynamic equilibrium
- chemical equilibrium
Usage tips
Technical
noun
In physics, a state where all forces are balanced.
If an object is at equilibrium, the net force acting on it is zero.
Often appears as...
- thermal equilibrium
- static equilibrium
Usage tips
Technical
noun
In economics, a state where supply and demand are equal.
When demand is equal to supply, we say that the market is in equilibrium.
Often appears as...
- market equilibrium
- economic equilibrium
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Physical or Abstract
Equilibrium can describe physical balance or abstract concepts like fairness in a situation.
The teams' strengths in the game were in equilibrium, making it a fair match.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Visible
Equilibrium might not be obvious; it exists even if things appear unbalanced, like in a quiet argument.
Their polite conversation hid an equilibrium of differing opinions.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical or Abstract
Equilibrium can describe physical balance or abstract concepts like fairness in a situation.
The teams' strengths in the game were in equilibrium, making it a fair match.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Visible
Equilibrium might not be obvious; it exists even if things appear unbalanced, like in a quiet argument.
Their polite conversation hid an equilibrium of differing opinions.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical or Abstract
Equilibrium can describe physical balance or abstract concepts like fairness in a situation.
The teams' strengths in the game were in equilibrium, making it a fair match.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Visible
Equilibrium might not be obvious; it exists even if things appear unbalanced, like in a quiet argument.
Their polite conversation hid an equilibrium of differing opinions.
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The freakonomics of...
Economists talk about game theory, that every two-person game has a Nash equilibrium. Here's the translation you get from the gang member. They're talking about the decision of why they don't go shoot -- One thing that turns out to be a great business tactic in the if you go and just shoot guns in the air in the other gang's territory -- people are afraid to go buy drugs there,
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Feedback loops: How...
maintaining a long-term equilibrium and allowing a food chain to persist over time. Feedback processes might seem counterintuitive because many of us are used to more predictable linear scenarios of cause and effect. For instance, it seems simple enough that spraying pesticides would help plants grow by killing pest insects,
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The warning sounds of a...
decade maybe more we don't know until it reaches some new equilibrium each of these events though is hard to predict they're like earthquakes in that sense but what we can do is look for the emerging weaknesses and understand the underlying processes and triggers so
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The science of static...
in an attempt to restore the neutral charge equilibrium. And this quick movement of electrons, called static discharge, is what we recognize as that sudden spark. This process doesn't happen with just any objects. Otherwise you'd be getting zapped all the time.
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Why the Arctic is...
turning the feedback loop positive for all but a couple of months. While negative feedback loops encourage stability by pushing a system towards equilibrium, positive feedback loops destabilize it by enabling larger and larger deviations.
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Gorilla vs. Gorilla PIPE...
may share the bye in peace but the equilibrium is fragile here and easily upset this morning a young solitary male is also on the scene he Swagger's in perhaps for a drink and a bite to eat but to him the bye is also an attractive
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Gorilla vs. Gorilla PIPE...
harem of unrelated females and family members on any given day several groups may share the bye in peace but the equilibrium is fragile here and easily upset this morning a young solitary male is also on the scene he Swagger's in
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Gorilla vs. Gorilla PIPE...
members on any given day several groups may share the bye in peace but the equilibrium is fragile here and easily upset this morning a young solitary male is also on the scene he Swagger's in perhaps for a drink and a bite to eat
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What's so sexy about...
which are a crowd of electrons. In the perfect world of plasma, there are no collisions and no friction to provide the stability like we are used to. But still, if you slightly perturb a plasma equilibrium,
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The legend of Annapurna,...
Rather, it is a cycle of life that must be sustained— from the feeding of open mouths and rumbling bellies, to the equilibrium of the Earth.
Video examples
The freakonomics of...
Economists talk about game theory, that every two-person game has a Nash equilibrium. Here's the translation you get from the gang member. They're talking about the decision of why they don't go shoot -- One thing that turns out to be a great business tactic in the if you go and just shoot guns in the air in the other gang's territory -- people are afraid to go buy drugs there,
Video examples
Feedback loops: How...
maintaining a long-term equilibrium and allowing a food chain to persist over time. Feedback processes might seem counterintuitive because many of us are used to more predictable linear scenarios of cause and effect. For instance, it seems simple enough that spraying pesticides would help plants grow by killing pest insects,
Video examples
The warning sounds of a...
decade maybe more we don't know until it reaches some new equilibrium each of these events though is hard to predict they're like earthquakes in that sense but what we can do is look for the emerging weaknesses and understand the underlying processes and triggers so
Video examples
The science of static...
in an attempt to restore the neutral charge equilibrium. And this quick movement of electrons, called static discharge, is what we recognize as that sudden spark. This process doesn't happen with just any objects. Otherwise you'd be getting zapped all the time.
Video examples
Why the Arctic is...
turning the feedback loop positive for all but a couple of months. While negative feedback loops encourage stability by pushing a system towards equilibrium, positive feedback loops destabilize it by enabling larger and larger deviations.
Video examples
Gorilla vs. Gorilla PIPE...
may share the bye in peace but the equilibrium is fragile here and easily upset this morning a young solitary male is also on the scene he Swagger's in perhaps for a drink and a bite to eat but to him the bye is also an attractive
Video examples
Gorilla vs. Gorilla PIPE...
harem of unrelated females and family members on any given day several groups may share the bye in peace but the equilibrium is fragile here and easily upset this morning a young solitary male is also on the scene he Swagger's in
Video examples
Gorilla vs. Gorilla PIPE...
members on any given day several groups may share the bye in peace but the equilibrium is fragile here and easily upset this morning a young solitary male is also on the scene he Swagger's in perhaps for a drink and a bite to eat
Video examples
What's so sexy about...
which are a crowd of electrons. In the perfect world of plasma, there are no collisions and no friction to provide the stability like we are used to. But still, if you slightly perturb a plasma equilibrium,
Video examples
The legend of Annapurna,...
Rather, it is a cycle of life that must be sustained— from the feeding of open mouths and rumbling bellies, to the equilibrium of the Earth.
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Kenneth Arrow
American Economist
The major driver of economics is the equilibrium approach, which has taken various forms over the years. General equilibrium is the statement that all the different parts of the economy influence each other, even if it's remote, like mortgage-backed securities and their demands on automobiles.
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Jeff Bezos
American Businessman
If your payloads cost hundreds of millions of dollars, they actually cost more than the launch. It puts a lot of pressure on the launch vehicle not to change, to be very stable. Reliability becomes much more important than the cost. It's hard to get off of that equilibrium.
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Ivan Pavlov
Russian Psychologist
It is clear to all that the animal organism is a highly complex system consisting of an almost infinite series of parts connected both with one another and, as a total complex, with the surrounding world, with which it is in a state of equilibrium.
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Nick Harkaway
English Novelist
Peace is not a state - it is a choice, and you have to remake it every day. It's possible to get a sort of stability, a habit of peace, but it's like an egg balanced, spinning, on its point: lose your momentum, and your equilibrium is gone, too.
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E. O. Wilson
American Scientist
If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.
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Gerard Debreu
French Mathematician
I had become interested in economics, an interest that was transformed into a lifetime dedication when I met with the mathematical theory of general economic equilibrium.
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Hugh Prather
American Writer
Ultimately, my character is defined by the quality of my sensitivity to other people. I exist in equilibrium. I am here to the degree I am there.
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Robert Rinder
English Judge
Fitness is really important for my mental and emotional equilibrium as well as my physical wellbeing.
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Jose Marti
Cuban Activist
Fortunately, there is a sane equilibrium in the character of nations, as there is in that of men.
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Gerard Pique
Spanish Athlete
It's essential to have equilibrium in your life.
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Kenneth Arrow
American Economist
The major driver of economics is the equilibrium approach, which has taken various forms over the years. General equilibrium is the statement that all the different parts of the economy influence each other, even if it's remote, like mortgage-backed securities and their demands on automobiles.
Quote examples
Jeff Bezos
American Businessman
If your payloads cost hundreds of millions of dollars, they actually cost more than the launch. It puts a lot of pressure on the launch vehicle not to change, to be very stable. Reliability becomes much more important than the cost. It's hard to get off of that equilibrium.
Quote examples
Ivan Pavlov
Russian Psychologist
It is clear to all that the animal organism is a highly complex system consisting of an almost infinite series of parts connected both with one another and, as a total complex, with the surrounding world, with which it is in a state of equilibrium.
Quote examples
Nick Harkaway
English Novelist
Peace is not a state - it is a choice, and you have to remake it every day. It's possible to get a sort of stability, a habit of peace, but it's like an egg balanced, spinning, on its point: lose your momentum, and your equilibrium is gone, too.
Quote examples
E. O. Wilson
American Scientist
If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.
Quote examples
Gerard Debreu
French Mathematician
I had become interested in economics, an interest that was transformed into a lifetime dedication when I met with the mathematical theory of general economic equilibrium.
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Hugh Prather
American Writer
Ultimately, my character is defined by the quality of my sensitivity to other people. I exist in equilibrium. I am here to the degree I am there.
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Robert Rinder
English Judge
Fitness is really important for my mental and emotional equilibrium as well as my physical wellbeing.
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Jose Marti
Cuban Activist
Fortunately, there is a sane equilibrium in the character of nations, as there is in that of men.
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Gerard Pique
Spanish Athlete
It's essential to have equilibrium in your life.
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