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equilibrium

[ee-kwuh-lib-ree-uhm, ek-wuh-] / ˌi kwəˈlɪb ri əm, ˌɛk wə- /


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Up until the U.S. withdrew following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, a Cold War-era treaty strictly limited antiballistic missile defense capabilities to maintain the equilibrium between the two superpowers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

"An unstable and potentially dangerous equilibrium," is how the situation was described in closed-door remarks by a senior UN official at a recent international gathering.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Fundamentally, Iran, interest rates, oil and other uncertainties are upsetting market equilibrium.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

According to the researchers, the problem is that Hawking's approach works only when a black hole is in equilibrium.

From Science Daily Jul. 13, 2026

Something to do with balance and equilibrium affecting my spatial orientation.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

Multiple equilibria are possible in a game like this.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 16, 2026

Such properties include a wide variety of measurable traits such as phase equilibria, density, or heat capacity, for example, that characterize physical systems and determine how chemical processes work.

From Science Daily Mar. 13, 2024

"For fundamental research into the dynamics of nutrients and other equilibria in tidal areas, it is very important to understand the role of temperature, salinity, benthic animals and also turmoil by storms."

From Science Daily Feb. 22, 2024

This causes the dissolution equilibrium to shift left, resulting in a decrease in the concentration of dissolved CO2 and subsequent left-shifts of the hydrolysis and ionization equilibria.

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

These equilibria were maintained a sufficient length of time to enable them to be photographed.

From The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal by Hereward Carrington

Recent efforts in de-extinction have focused on the Tasmanian tiger, as its natural habitat in Tasmania is still mostly preserved, and its reintroduction could help recovering past ecosystem equilibriums lost after its final disappearance.

From Science Daily Sep. 19, 2023

Engineers and architects strive to achieve extremely stable equilibriums for buildings and other systems that must withstand wind, earthquakes, and other forces that displace them from equilibrium.

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

Mr. Varoufakis agreed that in the Greece example, “the game has multiple equilibriums and, therefore, a failure to agree may trigger a chain of outcomes that no one can either predict or control.”

From New York Times Jun. 4, 2015

Nash equilibriums, which he described in the hieroglyphics of mathematical symbols, exist everywhere.

From Washington Post May 24, 2015

The altered equilibriums and redistributions only diversify our opportunities and open chances to us for new ideals.

From Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals by William James




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