Equilibrium



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解释

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• n. 平衡
• ［英］ n. 平衡 ( a state of balance or equality between opposing forces)
• ［记］ equi+libr ( 平衡) +ium -> 平衡
• ［同］ 同根词: librate ( 保持平衡)
• ［例］ He lost his equilibrium and fell into the lake.

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural -riums or equilibria)

• Etymology: Latin aequilibrium, from aequilibris being in equilibrium, from aequi- + libra weight, balance
• Date: 1608
• 1.
  • a. a state of intellectual or emotional balance ; poise <trying to recover his equilibrium>
  • b. a state of adjustment between opposing or divergent influences or elements
• 2. a state of balance between opposing forces or actions that is either static (as in a body acted on by forces whose resultant is zero) or dynamic (as in a reversible chemical reaction when the rates of reaction in both directions are equal)
• 3. balance 6a

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