equilibrium

名词 n.
/ɛkwɪˈlɪbɹɪəm/|/iːkwɪˈlɪbɹɪəm/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced, resulting in no net change.
    — To Hydroſtaticks belong whatever relates to the Gravities and Equilibria of Liquors; with the Art of weighing Bodies in Water, in order to eſtimate the ſpecifick Gravities.
  2. Mental balance.
    — Tiffany Pollard: What just happened?! Eric Andre: That coffee mug is broken. Tiffany Pollard: I can't take this. This is gonna mess up my equilibrium.
  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.
    — It now appears that the locomotive did not blow up, as was commonly stated at the time, but that the aeroplane flew so low as to come into contact with the dome of the engine, knocking it off. It was the combination of the impact and the uprush of steam that so disturbed the equilibrium of the raider as to cause it to crash.

词形变化

equilibriums plural equilibria plural æquilibrium alternative,archaic

词源

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