equilibrium

/ˌē-kwə-ˈli-brē-əm/

Latin aequilibrium, from aequilibris being in equilibrium, from aequi- + libra weight, balance

noun

  1. a state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise

  2. a state of adjustment between opposing or divergent influences or elements

  3. 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)

trying to recover his equilibrium

noun

  1. a number that expresses the relationship between the amounts of products and reactants present at equilibrium in a reversible chemical reaction at a given temperature

noun

  1. evolution that is characterized by long periods of stability in the characteristics of an organism and short periods of rapid change during which new forms appear especially from small subpopulations of the ancestral form in restricted parts of its geographic range; also : a theory or model of evolution emphasizing this