Equilibrium
[,iːkwɪ'lɪbrɪəm;,ekwɪ-] or [,ikwɪ'lɪbrɪəm]
Definition
(noun.) a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head.
(noun.) a stable situation in which forces cancel one another.
Edited by Hattie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Equality of weight or force; an equipoise or a state of rest produced by the mutual counteraction of two or more forces.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A balancing of the mind between motives or reasons, with consequent indecision and doubt.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Equipoise, even balance, equality of weight.
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Examples
- He would be night-free, like an Egyptian, steadfast in perfectly suspended equilibrium, pure mystic nodality of physical being. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I tottered, and on regaining my equilibrium retired back a step or two from his chair. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- If I may turn for a moment from description to prophecy, it is to say that this equilibrium will not hold for very long. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The Wrights had now solved the real problem of aviation, equilibrium. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- For Franklin electricity was a single subtle fluid, and electrical manifestations were owing to the degree of its presen ce, to interruption or restoration of equilibrium. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The Wrights realized in 1900 that the only problem to be solved was that of equilibrium. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- They would give each other this star-equilibrium which alone is freedom. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- His essential object was, of course, to reduce the principles of equilibrium to practice. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- But with the Mino, it is the desire to bring this female cat into a pure stable equilibrium, a transcendent and abiding RAPPORT with the single male. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- For him, the bright, single soul accepted love as one of its conditions, a condition of its own equilibrium. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He knew there was no equilibrium. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- When the ropes were freed the aviator would glide slowly to the ground, having time to test the principle of equilibrium. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He would have to find something to make good the equilibrium. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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