EQUILIBRIUM


Meaning of EQUILIBRIUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌē-kwə-ˈli-brē-əm, ˌe- ]

noun

( plural -ri·ums or equi·lib·ria -brē-ə)

Etymology: Latin aequilibrium, from aequilibris being in equilibrium, from aequi- + libra weight, balance

Date: 1608

1.

a. : a state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise

trying to recover his equilibrium

b. : a state of adjustment between opposing or divergent influences or elements

2. : a state of balance between opposing forces or actions that is either static (as in a body acted on by forces whose resultant is zero) or dynamic (as in a reversible chemical reaction when the rates of reaction in both directions are equal)

3. : balance 6a

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.