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equilibrium

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


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In “Late Fame,” he’s now old and played by Willem Dafoe with a sense of tranquil equilibrium.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

A couple of weeks ago, Hoisington concluded that equilibrium U.S. inflation is migrating up toward 3.5% to 4.5%, and that both inflation and long-term Treasury yields will trend higher.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 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

"Suddenly when they're out of the ground, they're out of equilibrium, and that normally means they start to decay, fall apart."

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

The room swam for a few moments after I stopped, but I soon got my equilibrium back.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English

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

How will an increase in temperature affect each of the following equilibria?

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

Physical organic chemistry; reaction rates, equilibria & mechanisms. © 19Apr40; A138955.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1967 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

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

With its limit-pushing positional extremes, McGregor’s ballet vocabulary is often likened to that of William Forsythe — undoubtedly an influence, particularly in the hand grips and precarious equilibriums of the partnering work.

From New York Times Jun. 11, 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

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

From Washington Post May 24, 2015

Of themselves, these do not help or harm humanity, but offer a lawful channel for the outward operation of cause-effect equilibriums which each man has set into motion in the past.

From Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda




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