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equilibrium
(encz) | equilibrium,rovnováha n: Zdeněk Brož |
Equilibrium
(gcide) | Equilibrium \E`qui*lib"ri*um\, n.; pl. E. Equilibriums, L.
Equilibria. [L. aequilibrium, fr. aequilibris in
equilibrium, level; aequus equal + libra balance. See
Equal, and Librate.]
1. Equality of weight or force; an equipoise or a state of
rest produced by the mutual counteraction of two or more
forces.
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2. 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.
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Health consists in the equilibrium between those two
powers. --Arbuthnot.
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3. A balancing of the mind between motives or reasons, with
consequent indecision and doubt.
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Equilibrium valve (Steam Engine), a balanced valve. See
under Valve.
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equilibrium
(wn) | equilibrium
n 1: a stable situation in which forces cancel one another [ant:
disequilibrium]
2: a chemical reaction and its reverse proceed at equal rates
[syn: chemical equilibrium, equilibrium]
3: equality of distribution [syn: balance, equilibrium,
equipoise, counterbalance]
4: a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that
registers the orientation of the head [syn: equilibrium,
labyrinthine sense, vestibular sense, sense of balance,
sense of equilibrium] |
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chemical equilibrium
(encz) | chemical equilibrium, n: |
competitive equilibrium
(encz) | competitive equilibrium,konkurenční rovnováha [ekon.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
consumer equilibrium
(encz) | consumer equilibrium,spotřebitelská rovnováha [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
disequilibrium
(encz) | disequilibrium,nerovnováha n: Zdeněk Brož |
disequilibrium price
(encz) | disequilibrium price,nerovnovážná cena [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
dominant strategy equilibrium
(encz) | dominant strategy equilibrium,rovnováha dominantní
strategie [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
equilibrium constant
(encz) | equilibrium constant, n: |
equilibrium exchange rate
(encz) | equilibrium exchange rate, |
equilibrium law
(encz) | equilibrium law, n: |
equilibrium path
(encz) | equilibrium path, |
equilibrium point
(encz) | equilibrium point,rovnovážný bod v.martin |
fiscal equilibrium
(encz) | fiscal equilibrium, |
general equilibrium
(encz) | general equilibrium,všeobecná rovnováha Mgr. Dita Gálová |
law of chemical equilibrium
(encz) | law of chemical equilibrium, n: |
natural equilibrium
(encz) | natural equilibrium,přírodní rovnováha [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
punctuated equilibrium
(encz) | punctuated equilibrium, n: |
sense of equilibrium
(encz) | sense of equilibrium, n: |
theory of punctuated equilibrium
(encz) | theory of punctuated equilibrium, n: |
thermal equilibrium
(encz) | thermal equilibrium, n: |
thermodynamics of equilibrium
(encz) | thermodynamics of equilibrium, n: |
Equilibrium
(gcide) | Equilibrium \E`qui*lib"ri*um\, n.; pl. E. Equilibriums, L.
Equilibria. [L. aequilibrium, fr. aequilibris in
equilibrium, level; aequus equal + libra balance. See
Equal, and Librate.]
1. Equality of weight or force; an equipoise or a state of
rest produced by the mutual counteraction of two or more
forces.
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2. 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.
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Health consists in the equilibrium between those two
powers. --Arbuthnot.
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3. A balancing of the mind between motives or reasons, with
consequent indecision and doubt.
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Equilibrium valve (Steam Engine), a balanced valve. See
under Valve.
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Equilibrium valve
(gcide) | Valve \Valve\, n. [L. valva the leaf, fold, or valve of a door:
cf. F. valve.]
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1. A door; especially, one of a pair of folding doors, or one
of the leaves of such a door.
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Swift through the valves the visionary fair
Repassed. --Pope.
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Heavily closed, . . . the valves of the barn doors.
--Longfellow.
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2. A lid, plug, or cover, applied to an aperture so that by
its movement, as by swinging, lifting and falling,
sliding, turning, or the like, it will open or close the
aperture to permit or prevent passage, as of a fluid.
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Note: A valve may act automatically so as to be opened by the
effort of a fluid to pass in one direction, and closed
by the effort to pass in the other direction, as a
clack valve; or it may be opened or closed by hand or
by mechanism, as a screw valve, or a slide valve.
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3. (Anat.) One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or
folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a
vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or retard the
flow in the opposite direction; as, the ileocolic, mitral,
and semilunar valves.
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4. (Bot.)
(a) One of the pieces into which a capsule naturally
separates when it bursts.
(b) One of the two similar portions of the shell of a
diatom.
(c) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a
trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the
barberry.
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5. (Zool.) One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or
multivalve shells.
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Air valve, Ball valve, Check valve, etc. See under
Air. Ball, Check, etc.
Double-beat valve, a kind of balance valve usually
consisting of a movable, open-ended, turban-shaped shell
provided with two faces of nearly equal diameters, one
above another, which rest upon two corresponding seats
when the valve is closed.
Equilibrium valve.
(a) A balance valve. See under Balance.
(b) A valve for permitting air, steam, water, etc., to
pass into or out of a chamber so as to establish or
maintain equal pressure within and without.
Valve chest (Mach.), a chamber in which a valve works;
especially (Steam Engine), the steam chest; -- called in
England valve box, and valve casing. See {Steam
chest}, under Steam.
Valve face (Mach.), that part of the surface of a valve
which comes in contact with the valve seat.
Valve gear, or Valve motion (Steam Engine), the system of
parts by which motion is given to the valve or valves for
the distribution of steam in the cylinder. For an
illustration of one form of valve gear, see Link motion.
Valve seat. (Mach.)
(a) The fixed surface on which a valve rests or against
which it presses.
(b) A part or piece on which such a surface is formed.
Valve stem (Mach.), a rod attached to a valve, for moving
it.
Valve yoke (Mach.), a strap embracing a slide valve and
connecting it to the valve stem.
[1913 Webster]Equilibrium \E`qui*lib"ri*um\, n.; pl. E. Equilibriums, L.
Equilibria. [L. aequilibrium, fr. aequilibris in
equilibrium, level; aequus equal + libra balance. See
Equal, and Librate.]
1. Equality of weight or force; an equipoise or a state of
rest produced by the mutual counteraction of two or more
forces.
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2. 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.
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Health consists in the equilibrium between those two
powers. --Arbuthnot.
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3. A balancing of the mind between motives or reasons, with
consequent indecision and doubt.
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Equilibrium valve (Steam Engine), a balanced valve. See
under Valve.
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Equilibriums
(gcide) | Equilibrium \E`qui*lib"ri*um\, n.; pl. E. Equilibriums, L.
Equilibria. [L. aequilibrium, fr. aequilibris in
equilibrium, level; aequus equal + libra balance. See
Equal, and Librate.]
1. Equality of weight or force; an equipoise or a state of
rest produced by the mutual counteraction of two or more
forces.
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2. 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.
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Health consists in the equilibrium between those two
powers. --Arbuthnot.
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3. A balancing of the mind between motives or reasons, with
consequent indecision and doubt.
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Equilibrium valve (Steam Engine), a balanced valve. See
under Valve.
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Neutral equilibrium
(gcide) | Neutral \Neu"tral\, a. [L. neutralis, fr. neuter. See Neuter.]
1. Not engaged on either side; not taking part with or
assisting either of two or more contending parties;
neuter; indifferent.
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The heart can not possibly remain neutral, but
constantly takes part one way or the other.
--Shaftesbury.
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2. Neither good nor bad; of medium quality; middling; not
decided or pronounced.
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Some things good, and some things ill, do seem,
And neutral some, in her fantastic eye. --Sir J.
Davies.
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3. (Biol.) Neuter. See Neuter, a., 3.
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4. (Chem.) Having neither acid nor basic properties; unable
to turn red litmus blue or blue litmus red; -- said of
certain salts or other compounds. Contrasted with acid,
and alkaline.
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Neutral axis, Neutral surface (Mech.), that line or
plane, in a beam under transverse pressure, at which the
fibers are neither stretched nor compressed, or where the
longitudinal stress is zero. See Axis.
Neutral equilibrium (Mech.), the kind of equilibrium of a
body so placed that when moved slighty it neither tends to
return to its former position not depart more widely from
it, as a perfect sphere or cylinder on a horizontal plane.
Neutral salt (Chem.), a salt formed by the complete
replacement of the hydrogen in an acid or base; in the
former case by a positive or basic, in the latter by a
negative or acid, element or radical.
Neutral tint, a bluish gray pigment, used in water colors,
made by mixing indigo or other blue some warm color. the
shades vary greatly.
Neutral vowel, the vowel element having an obscure and
indefinite quality, such as is commonly taken by the vowel
in many unaccented syllables. It is regarded by some as
identical with the [u^] in up, and is called also the
natural vowel, as unformed by art and effort; it is also
called the indefinite vowel. It is symbolized in some
phonetic alphabets by the schwa ([schwa]). See Guide to
Pronunciation, [sect] 17.
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Stable equilibrium
(gcide) | Stable \Sta"ble\ (st[=a]"b'l), a. [OF. estable, F. stable, fr.
L. stabilis, fr. stare to stand. See Stand, v. i. and cf.
Establish.]
1. Firmly established; not easily moved, shaken, or
overthrown; fixed; as, a stable government.
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In this region of chance, . . . where nothing is
stable. --Rogers.
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2. Steady in purpose; constant; firm in resolution; not
easily diverted from a purpose; not fickle or wavering;
as, a man of stable character.
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And to her husband ever meek and stable. --Chaucer.
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3. Durable; not subject to overthrow or change; firm; as, a
stable foundation; a stable position.
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4. (Physics) So placed as to resist forces tending to cause
motion; of such structure as to resist distortion or
molecular or chemical disturbance; -- said of any body or
substance.
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Stable equilibrium (Mech.), the kind of equilibrium of a
body so placed that if disturbed it returns to its former
position, as in the case when the center of gravity is
below the point or axis of support; -- opposed to
unstable equilibrium, in which the body if disturbed
does not tend to return to its former position, but to
move farther away from it, as in the case of a body
supported at a point below the center of gravity. Cf.
Neutral equilibrium, under Neutral.
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Syn: Fixed; steady; constant; abiding; strong; durable; firm.
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Unstable equilibrium
(gcide) | Unstable \Un*sta"ble\, a. [Cf. Instable.]
Not stable; not firm, fixed, or constant; subject to change
or overthrow. -- Un*sta"ble*ness, n. --Chaucer.
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Unstable equilibrium. See Stable equilibrium, under
Stable.
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acid-base equilibrium
(wn) | acid-base equilibrium
n 1: (physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and
alkalis in the body; "with a normal acid-base balance in
the body the blood is slightly alkaline" [syn: {acid-base
equilibrium}, acid-base balance] |
chemical equilibrium
(wn) | chemical equilibrium
n 1: a chemical reaction and its reverse proceed at equal rates
[syn: chemical equilibrium, equilibrium] |
disequilibrium
(wn) | disequilibrium
n 1: loss of equilibrium attributable to an unstable situation
in which some forces outweigh others [ant: equilibrium] |
equilibrium constant
(wn) | equilibrium constant
n 1: (chemistry) the ratio of concentrations when equilibrium is
reached in a reversible reaction (when the rate of the
forward reaction equals the rate of the reverse reaction) |
equilibrium law
(wn) | equilibrium law
n 1: (chemistry) the principle that (at chemical equilibrium) in
a reversible reaction the ratio of the rate of the forward
reaction to the rate of the reverse reaction is a constant
for that reaction [syn: equilibrium law, {law of chemical
equilibrium}] |
law of chemical equilibrium
(wn) | law of chemical equilibrium
n 1: (chemistry) the principle that (at chemical equilibrium) in
a reversible reaction the ratio of the rate of the forward
reaction to the rate of the reverse reaction is a constant
for that reaction [syn: equilibrium law, {law of chemical
equilibrium}] |
nash equilibrium
(wn) | Nash equilibrium
n 1: (game theory) a stable state of a system that involves
several interacting participants in which no participant
can gain by a change of strategy as long as all the other
participants remain unchanged |
punctuated equilibrium
(wn) | punctuated equilibrium
n 1: a theory of evolution holding that evolutionary change in
the fossil record came in fits and starts rather than in a
steady process of slow change [syn: {punctuated
equilibrium}, theory of punctuated equilibrium] |
sense of equilibrium
(wn) | sense of equilibrium
n 1: a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear
that registers the orientation of the head [syn:
equilibrium, labyrinthine sense, vestibular sense,
sense of balance, sense of equilibrium] |
theory of punctuated equilibrium
(wn) | theory of punctuated equilibrium
n 1: a theory of evolution holding that evolutionary change in
the fossil record came in fits and starts rather than in a
steady process of slow change [syn: {punctuated
equilibrium}, theory of punctuated equilibrium] |
thermal equilibrium
(wn) | thermal equilibrium
n 1: a state in which all parts of a system are at the same
temperature |
thermodynamics of equilibrium
(wn) | thermodynamics of equilibrium
n 1: the aspect of thermodynamics concerned with thermal
equilibrium [syn: thermostatics, {thermodynamics of
equilibrium}] |
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