equilibrium

Examples

• All

• The chemical reaction achieved equilibrium after several minutes, resulting in stable concentrations of the reactants and products.

• So now we're thinking about equilibrium in terms of rates.

• So how do you describe now the whole equilibrium conditions?

• So free energy determines what equilibrium is, what can happen, right?

• And the shell also has an equilibrium reaction that happens.

• The market is initially in equilibrium with output Q* and price P*.

  Academic text (1992)

• Real-world market prices are not the equilibrium prices of standard economic theory.

  Academic text (1999)

• The solution has dissolved oxygen in equilibrium with air and requires an immersion time of less than 10 minutes.

  Academic text (1998)

• If light is allowed to impinge on a pen junction device, the equilibrium conditions of the device are disturbed.

  Academic text (1993)

• Each plank must reach its equilibrium moisture content, a measure of moisture content per pound.

  Academic text (1994)

Synonyms

C

chemical equilibrium

vsequilibrium

• Specialized

1 5.1

A state in a reaction where forward and reverse reactions happen equally so amounts stay constant

is expressed without the explicit chemistry label in the term

Antonyms

I

imbalance

86 4.2

When different parts are not equal in amount or power

D

disequilibrium

• Specialized

1 8.6

A lack of balance in a body or system that makes it unsteady

Compounds

C

chemical equilibrium

• Specialized

1 5.1

A state in a reaction where forward and reverse reactions happen equally so amounts stay constant

P

punctuated equilibrium

• Specialized

1 9.2

A theory that species change quickly in short bursts and then stay the same for long periods

N

Nash equilibrium

• Specialized

1 9.4

A situation where no player can gain by changing only their own choice while others keep theirs the same

T

thermal equilibrium

• Specialized

1 6.4

A state where all parts have the same temperature and no heat flows between them

E

equilibrium constant

• Specialized

5.5

A number showing the amount of products compared with reactants when a chemical reaction stops changing

E

equilibrium law

• Specialized

7.7

A chemistry rule that the forward and backward reaction speeds have a fixed ratio at equilibrium

A

acid-base equilibrium

• Specialized

4.8

A balance of acids and bases in the body that keeps it working

L

law of chemical equilibrium

• Specialized

6.5

A rule that in a reversible chemical reaction the forward and reverse reactions happen at the same rate at equilibrium

S

sense of equilibrium

• Specialized

6.0

Parts of the inner ear that tell you your head position and keep you balanced

T

theory of punctuated equilibrium

• Specialized

9.2

Long periods of little change followed by short, fast bursts of new species forming

T

thermodynamics of equilibrium

• Specialized

7.6

Study of how heat and energy behave in systems that have the same temperature

How Balanced

equilibrium

• Specialized

20 7.4

nonequilibrium

• Specialized

7.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology