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noun (plural equilibria)
  1. The condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced.
  2. (physics) The state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero.
  3. (chemistry) The state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same.
  4. Mental balance.
Translations: 
  • French: équilibre
  • German: Ausgeglichenheit
  • Spanish: equilibrio :es:equilibrio, (es)
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Etymology: aequilibrium, from aequus, equal, and libra, balance


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