equilibrium : Idioms & Phrases

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acid-base equilibrium

  • noun (physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body
    acid-base balance.
    • with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is slightly alkaline
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chemical equilibrium

  • noun a chemical reaction and its reverse proceed at equal rates
    equilibrium.
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equilibrium constant

  • noun (chemistry) the ratio of concentrations when equilibrium is reached in a reversible reaction (when the rate of the forward reaction equals the rate of the reverse reaction)
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equilibrium law

  • noun (chemistry) the principle that (at chemical equilibrium) in a reversible reaction the ratio of the rate of the forward reaction to the rate of the reverse reaction is a constant for that reaction
    equilibrium law.
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Equilibrium valve

  • (Steam Engine), a balanced valve. See under Valve.
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law of chemical equilibrium

  • noun (chemistry) the principle that (at chemical equilibrium) in a reversible reaction the ratio of the rate of the forward reaction to the rate of the reverse reaction is a constant for that reaction
    equilibrium law.
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nash equilibrium

  • noun (game theory) a stable state of a system that involves several interacting participants in which no participant can gain by a change of strategy as long as all the other participants remain unchanged
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Neutral equilibrium

  • (Mech.), the kind of equilibrium of a body so placed that when moved slighty it neither tends to return to its former position not depart more widely from it, as a perfect sphere or cylinder on a horizontal plane.
Webster 1913

punctuated equilibrium

  • noun a theory of evolution holding that evolutionary change in the fossil record came in fits and starts rather than in a steady process of slow change
    punctuated equilibrium.
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sense of equilibrium

  • noun a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head
    labyrinthine sense; sense of balance; vestibular sense; equilibrium.
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theory of punctuated equilibrium

  • noun a theory of evolution holding that evolutionary change in the fossil record came in fits and starts rather than in a steady process of slow change
    punctuated equilibrium.
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thermal equilibrium

  • noun a state in which all parts of a system are at the same temperature
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thermodynamics of equilibrium

  • noun the aspect of thermodynamics concerned with thermal equilibrium
    thermostatics.
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Unstable equilibrium

  • . See Stable equilibrium, under Stable.
Webster 1913