equilibrium

Meaning

1. The condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced, resulting in no net change.
2. Mental balance.
3. The state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same.
4. The state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero.

Opposite of

disequilibrium, imbalance, instability, insanity, madness, non-equilibrium

Synonyms

balance

equipoise

poise

equalization

stability

chemical equilibrium

counterbalance

vestibular sense

equilibration

equality

sense of equilibrium

sense of balance

labyrinthine sense

counterpoise

equanimity

steadiness

good balance

even scale

market equilibrium

state of balance

eq

parity

balancing

calm

calmness

equalisation

equalize

equalizing

equity

equivalence

evenness

average

proportion

security

stable

trial balance

sea legs

Translations

équilibre

equilibrio

Gleichgewicht

equilibrio

ισορροπία

equilíbrio

evenwicht

equilibri

Äquilibrium

balance

Balance

evenwichtstoestand

Equilibrium

Ausgleich

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɛkwɪˈlɪbɹɪəm/

Etymology

From Latin aequilībrium, from equal + lībra (“balance”).