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/ˌikwəlˈɪbriəm/ Listen

noun

Equilibrium n. (pl. E. equilibriums, L. equilibria)

Equality of weight or force; an equipoise or a state of rest produced by the mutual counteraction of two or more forces.

A level position; a just poise or balance in respect to an object, so that it remains firm; equipoise; as, to preserve the equilibrium of the body. "Health consists in the equilibrium between those two powers."

A balancing of the mind between motives or reasons, with consequent indecision and doubt.

Equilibrium valve (Steam Engine), a balanced valve. See under Valve.

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Etymology of 'Equilibrium'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Equilibrium" Quotes from Famous Books

... to those who know. If she lacked his mother's high sustained courage, her flashes of spirit shone out the brighter for her lapses into womanly weakness—as in that poignant moment by the tank, which had so nearly upset his own equilibrium. Vividly recalling that moment, it hurt him to realise that weeks might pass before he could see her again. No denying he wanted her; felt lost without her. The coveted Delhi adventure seemed suddenly a very lonely affair; not ...

— Far to Seek - A Romance of England and India • Maud Diver

... Our Lord was born this moral equilibrium was disturbed by the huge and successful ...

— Europe and the Faith - "Sine auctoritate nulla vita" • Hilaire Belloc

... Christian value. For it is a part of Hindu thought to condemn every emotion and sentiment, however lofty as an asset of life. It regards every desire, however noble in itself, and every sentiment, however exalted, as essentially evil; for it is a momentary barrier to that equilibrium and quiescence of soul which the Hindu has always maintained to be the highest cultivation of the self. Therefore, action, in order to be of any permanent value, must be severed from every passion, desire, or expectation. And thus the Hindu does not ...

— India, Its Life and Thought • John P. Jones

... expression and guaranty of Freedom, while Freedom flows spontaneously into the forms of Justice. Neither of these can exist, neither can be properly conceived of, apart from its correlative opposite. Nor will any condition of mere truce, or of mere mechanical equilibrium, suffice. Nothing suffices but a reciprocation so active and total that each is constantly resolving ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 7, No. 43, May, 1861 • Various

... interest with a fraternity brother, was nevertheless filled with a growing dismay. Now and then he glanced back and glared down the aisle at the elegant sprawling youth and wondered how it was that a being as insignificant as that could so upset his equilibrium. But the assured drawl of the stranger as he spoke of Leslie and called her a "speedy kid" had made him boil with rage. He carried the mood back to college with him, and sat gloomily at the table thinking the whole incident over, while the banter ...

— Cloudy Jewel • Grace Livingston Hill

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