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Definition: Equilibrium |
EquilibriumNoun1. A chemical reaction and its reverse proceed at equal rates. 2. A stable situation in which forces cancel one another. 3. Equality of distribution. 4. A sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "equilibrium" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Etymology: Equilibrium \E`qui*lib"ri*um\, noun; plural English Equilibriums, from Latin expression Equilibria. [Latin expression aequilibrium, from aequilibris in equilibrium, level; aequus equal libra balance. See Equal, and Librate.]. (references) |
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Electrical Engineering | The condition in a semiconductor device or material when there is no longer any tendency for its macroscopic properties to change with time. In other words, everything that is going to happen has happened. Source: European Union. (references) |
Environment | In relation to radiation, the state at which the radioactivity of consecutive elements within a radioactive series is neither increasing nor decreasing. (references) |
Geography | An ideal condition towards which a channel is ever tending to develop. A channel is in equilibrium when the energy available due to the discharge and slope is just sufficient to carry the sediment charge without any tendency for the stream or channel to change its shape or slope; this entails every part of the cross section being in equilibrium. In nature, this is never fully attained. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mathematics | In queuing theory, systems in "statistical equilibrium" are those in which the number of customers or items waiting in the queue oscillates in such a way that mean and distribution remain constant over a long period. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A perfect balance of physical forces such that when two or more forces act upon a body, the body remains at rest b. The state in which a reversible chemical reaction is proceeding at the same rate in each direction. Metastable equilibrium is a steady unsatisfied state that will undergo further change on addition of the phase necessary to complete its stability. Physical equilibrium can connote stable coexistence of a substance in two or more phases, such as solid, liquid, and/or vapor c. In geology, a balance between form and process, e.g., between the resistance of rocks along a coast and the erosional force of the waves d. That state of a chemical system in which the phases do not undergo any change of properties with the passage of time, provided they have the same properties when the same conditions are again reached by a differentprocedure e.g., between the resistance of rocks along a coast and the erosional force of the waves. (references) |
Space | A situation when more than one force acts on a body, but because the sum of forces is zero, no motion results. (of forces). (references) |
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Chemical equilibrium is the state in which a chemical reaction proceeds at the same rate as its reverse reaction. When this condition is met, there is no change in the proportions of the various compounds involved, and the reaction ceases to progress. A common example given is the Haber-Bosch process, in which hydrogen and nitrogen combine to form ammonia. Equilibrium is reached when the rate of production of ammonia equals its rate of decomposition. Le Chatelier's principle describes qualitative predictions that can be made about chemical equilibrium.Without energy input chemical reactions always proceed towards equilibrium. For a reaction
equilibrium occurs when
where K is a constant called the equilibrium constant. The left side of the equation is called the mass action expression and is denoted Q for a generic state (not necessarily in equilibrium). For a single-step reaction, this can easily be derived just by considering the kinetics involved. Unlike rate equations, though, it still holds for multi-step reactions since the expressions for each step just multiply together. This, by the way, also gives us the relationship between equilibrium and temperature:
where ΔE is the difference in energy per mole between reactants and products, e is the base of the natural logarithm, and R is the molar gas constant. The constant is mainly influenced by entropy change, but that's a little more complicated - whereas energy is roughly constant against concentration, entropy varies logarithmically so we have to refer back to a particular state. The relationship makes the most sense in terms of the free energy difference, ΔF* = ΔE - TΔS*, which represents the total work that can be done by the system as it develops. At equilibrium ΔF = 0, which gives us
Very often we consider the standard state, where Q = 1 in appropriate units, which can then be neglected. Note that all this applies to a reaction at constant temperature only. For a reaction at constant pressure (which is actually somewhat more typical) you would use the Gibbs free energy, ΔG* = ΔH - TΔS*, where ΔH is the change in enthalpy.
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In economics where the supply for a certain product matches the demand then economic equilibrium is said to exist, see Supply and demand.Classical economists such as Adam Smith maintained that the free market would tend towards economic equilibrium through the price mechanism.
This view came under attack from two opposite viewpoints. Socialists, especially Marxists claimed that equilibrium would not come about through the free market as it was chronically unfair and so would always be in disequilibrium. Equilibrium could only be found through central planning.
On the other hand the Austrian School maintained that in the short term there would never be any equilibrium as everyone was always trying to take advantage of the pricing system and so there was always some dynamism in the system. The free market's strength was not fixing a general equilibrium but in organising resources to meet individual desires and discovering the best methods to carry the economy forward.
See Also
- Economic Calculation Debate
- Equilibrium
- General equilibrium
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Equilibrium or balance is any of a number of related concepts in the sciences and social sciences. In general, a system is said to be in a state of equilibrium if all influences on the system are cancelled by the effects of others. A related concept is stability; an equilibrium may or may not be stable.Some specific examples are:
An addiction is any of various forms of unbalanced behavior.
- Chemical equilibrium, the state in which a chemical reaction proceeds at the same rate as its reverse reaction, resulting in no net change in the amount of each compound.
- Mechanical equilibrium, also known as static equilibrium, the state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the sum of all forces acting on the body equals zero.
- Physical balance of humans and animals is maintained with the aid of the sense of balance, and in special cases with a balance beam.
- See also the weighing instrument balance.
- Thermodynamic equilibrium, the state of a system in which its internal processes cause no net change in its macroscopic properties (such as temperature and pressure).
- In economics, static equilibrium and general equilibrium
- Nash equilibrium in game theory, an optimum strategy for all players in a game, in the sense that no one player can benefit by changing his strategy while all other players keep theirs the same.
- Reflective equilibrium in ethics, a state in which the consequences of one's general principles are consistent with one's opinions about individual cases.
- For individuals and organisations a balance between income and expenses is often important, especially in the long run.
- Psychologically some balance between desires and satisfaction is important; somewhat paradoxically complete satisfaction may not be ideal, it can be argued that perhaps it is better if things are left to be desired.
- In various practical matters an equilibrium is useful, e.g.:
- in a conversation, between talking and listening;
- in a personal relationship, between giving and taking;
- between buying and reading books (apart from lent books).
In electricity, a balanced signal is also called a differential signal.
Further Reading
Mechanical equilibrium:
Marion & Thornton, Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems. Fourth Edition, Harcourt Brace & Company (1995).
Thermodynamic equilibrium:
F. Mandl, Statistical Physics, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons (1988).
Nash equilibrium:
A. Mehlmann, The Game's Afoot! Game Theory in Myth and Paradox, Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn (1997).Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Equilibrium."
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Equilibrium is an action-filled science-fiction film set in the future. Christian Bale, Sean Bean and Taye Diggs star in it as ninja-esque secret police officers for a totalitarian one-world government where war and strife are eradicated at the price of making emotion illegal -- similarities to classic dystopian novels such as Nineteen Eighty-Four and Brave New World are evident.Gun Kata is a fictitious martial arts discipline that features as part of the film. Gun Kata is based upon the premise that the positions and actions of antagonists can be predicted to a high degree of accuracy in any given combat situation.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Equilibrium (2002 movie)."
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General equilibrium theory is a branch of theoretical microeconomics. It seeks to explain production, consumption and prices in a whole economy. This article considers neoclassical approaches to general equilibrium. Investigations into the interaction of markets arguably outside of neoclassical theory are taken to be outside the scope of this article. In particular, Classical and Marxist analyses of natural prices or prices of production, Wassily Leontief's Input-Output analysis, and John von Neumann's Linear Programming model of growth are not otherwise discussed.General equilibrium tries to give an understanding of the whole economy using a bottom-up approach, starting with individual markets and agents. Macroeconomics, as developed by so-called Keynesian economists, uses a top-down approach where the analysis starts with larger aggregates. Since modern macroeconomics has emphasized microeconomic foundations, this distinction has been slightly blurred. However, many macroeconomic models simply have a 'goods market' and study its interaction with for instance the financial market. General equilibrium models typically model a multitude of different goods markets. Modern general equilibrium models are typically complex and require computers to help with numerical solutions.
Under capitalism, the prices and production of all goods are interrelated. A change in the price of one good, say bread, may affect another price, for example, the wages of bakers. If bakers differ in tastes from others, the demand for bread might be affected by a change in bakers' wages, with a consequent effect on the price of bread. Calculating the equilibrium price of just one good, in theory, requires an analysis that accounts for all of the millions of different goods that are available.
History of General Equilibrium Modeling
The first attempt in Neoclassical economics to model prices for a whole economy was made by Leon Walras. Walras' Elements of Pure Economics provides a succession of models, each taking into account more aspects of a real economy (two commodities, many commodities, production, growth, money). Many think Walras was unsuccessful and the later models in this series inconsistent. Nevertheless, Walras first laid down a research program much followed by 20th century economists. In particular, Walras' agenda included the investigation of when equilibria are unique and stable.
Walras also first introduced a restriction into general equilibrium theory that some think has never been overcome, that of the tatonnement or groping process. The tatonnement process is a tool for investigating stability of equilibria. Prices are cried, and agents register how much of each good they would like to offer (supply) or purchase (demand). No transactions and no production take place at disequilibrium prices. Instead, prices are lowered for goods with positive prices and excess supply. Prices are raised for goods with excess demand. The question for the mathematician is under what conditions such a process will terminate in equilibrium in which demand equates to supply for goods with positive prices and demand does not exceed supply for goods with a price of zero. Walras was not able to provide a definitive answer to this question.
In partial equilibrium analysis, the determination of the price of a good is simplified by just looking at the price of one good, and assuming that the prices of all other goods remain constant. The Marshallian theory of supply and demand is an example of partial equilibrium analysis. Partial equilibrium analysis is adequate when the first-order effects of a shift in, say, the demand curve do not shift the supply curve. Anglo-American economists became more interested in general equilibrium in the late 1920s and 1930s after Piero Sraffa's demonstration that Marshallian economists cannot account for the forces thought to account for the upward-slope of the supply curve for a consumer good.
If an industry uses little of a factor of production, a small increase in the output of that industry will not bid the price of that factor up. To a first order approximation, firms in the industry will not experience decreasing costs and the industry supply curves will not slope up. If an uses an appreciable amount of that factor of production, an increase in the output of that industry will exhibit increasing costs. But such a factor is likely to be used in substitutes for the industry's product, and an increased price of that factor will have effects on the supply of those substitutes. Consequently, the first order effects of a shift in the supply curve of the original industry under these assumptions include a shift in the original industry's demand curve. General equilibrium is designed to investigate such interactions between markets.
Continential European economists made important advances in the 1930s. Walras' proofs of the existence of general equilibrium often were based on the counting of equations and variables. Such arguments are inadequate for non-linear systems of equations and do not imply that equilibrium prices and quantities cannot be negative, a meaningless solution for his models. The replacement of certain equations by inequalities and the use of more rigorous mathematics improved general equilibrium modeling.
Modern Concept of general equilibrium in economics
The modern conception of general equilibrium is provided by a model developed jointly by Kenneth Arrow and Gerard Debreu in the 1950s. Gerard Debreu presents this model in Theory of Value (1959) as an axiomatic model, following the style of mathematics promoted by Bourbaki. In such an approach, the interpretation of the terms in the theory (e.g., goods, prices) are not fixed by the axioms.
Three important theorems have been proved in this framework. First, existence theorems show that equilibria exist under certain abstract conditions. The first fundamental theorem of welfare states that every market equilibrium is Pareto optimal under certain conditions. The second fundamental theorem of welfare states that every Pareto optimum is supported by a price system, again under certain conditions. These conditions were stated in the language of mathematical topology. The proofs used such concepts as seperating hyperplanes and fixed point theorems.
Three important interpretations of the terms of the theory have been often cited. First, supposed commodities are distinguished by the location where they are delivered. Then the Arrow-Debreu model is a spatial model of, for example, international trade.
Second, suppose commodities are distinguished by when they are delivered. That is, suppose all markets equilibriate at some initial instant of time. Agents in the model purchase and sell contracts, where a contract specifies, for example, a good to be delivered and the date at which it is to be delivered. The Arrow-Debreu model of intertemporal equilibrium contains forward markets for all goods at all dates. No markets exist at any future dates.
Third, suppose contracts specify states of nature which affect whether or not a commodity is to be delivered: "A contract for the transfer of a commodity now specifies, in addition to its physical properties, its location and its date, an event on the occurrence of which the transfer is conditional. This new definition of a commodity allows one to obtain a theory of [risk] free from any probability concept..." (Debreu 1959)
These interpretations can be combined. So the complete Arrow-Debreu model can be said to apply when goods are identified by when they are to be delivered, where they are to be delivered, and under what circumstances they are to be delivered, as well as their intrinsic nature. So there would be a complete set of prices for contracts such as "1 ton of Winter red wheat, delivered on 3rd of January in Minneapolis, if there is a hurricane in Florida during December". A general equilibrium model with complete markets of this sort seems to be a long way from describing the workings of real economies.
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The Nash equilibrium is a concept in game theory originated by John Nash, who was awarded the The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, effectively the Nobel Prize in economics, for his work in the area. It serves to define a kind of "optimum" strategy for games where no such optimum was previously defined. A basic definition is this: If there is a set of strategies for a game with the property that no player can benefit by changing his strategy while the other players keep their strategies unchanged, then that set of strategies and the corresponding payoffs constitute a Nash equilibrium.This definition applies to games of two or more players, and Nash showed that the various definitions of "solutions" for games that had been given earlier all yield Nash equilibria.
As a simple example, consider the following two-player game: both players simultaneously choose a whole number between 0 and 10, inclusive. Both players then win the minimum of the two numbers in dollars. In addition, if one player chose a larger number than the other, then he has to pay $2 to the other. This game has a unique Nash equilibrium: both players have to choose 0. Any other choice of strategies can be improved if one of the players lowers his number. If the game is modified so that the two players win the named amount if they both choose the same number, and otherwise win nothing, then there are 11 Nash equilibria.
If a game has a unique Nash equilibrium and is played among completely rational players, then the players will choose the strategies that form the equilibrium.
A game may have many Nash equilibria, or none. Nash was able to prove that, if we allow mixed strategies (players choose strategies randomly according to preassigned probabilities), then every n-player game in which every player can chose from finitely many strategies admits at least one Nash equilibrium of mixed strategies.
Example: Prisoner's dilemma
The Prisoner's dilemma has one Nash equilibrium: when both players defect. However, "both defect" is clearly inferior to "both cooperate". The strategy "both cooperate" is unstable, as a player could do better by defecting while their opponent still cooperates. This indicates one of the limitations of using the Nash equilibrium to analyze a game. As Ian Stewart put it, ‘sometimes rational decisions aren't sensible!’
See also
- Prisoner's dilemma,
- Evolutionarily stable strategy
- Wardrop's Principle
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Synonyms: EquilibriumSynonyms: balance (n), chemical equilibrium (n), counterbalance (n), equipoise (n), labyrinthine sense (n), sense of balance (n), sense of equilibrium (n), vestibular sense (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: disequilibrium (n). (additional references) |
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Changeableness | Noun: changeableness; Adjective: mutability, inconstancy; versatility, mobility; instability, unstable equilibrium; vacillation; (irresolution); fluctuation, vicissitude; alternation; (oscillation). |
Equality | Render equal; Adjective: equalize level, dress, balance, equate, handicap, give points, spot points, handicap, trim, adjust, poise; fit, accommodate; adapt; (render accordant); strike a balance; establish equality, restore equality, restore equilibrium; readjust; stretch on the bed of Procrustes. |
Equivalence; equipollence, equipoise, equilibrium, equiponderance; par, quits, a wash; not a pin to choose; distinction without a difference, six of one and half a dozen of the other; tweedle dee and tweedle dum;equivalence; equipollence, equipoise, equilibrium, equiponderance; par, quits, a wash; not a pin to choose; distinction without a difference, six of one and half a dozen of the other; tweedle dee and tweedle dum; identity; similarity. | |
Stability | Noun: stability; immutability; Adjective: unchangeability; Adjective: unchangeableness; constancy; stable equilibrium, immobility, soundness, vitality, stabiliment, stiffness, ankylosis, solidity, aplomb. |
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Screenplays | Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment, but you humans do not. You move to an area, and you multiply, and multiply, until every natural resource is consumed (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski) | |
Lyrics | Losing all equilibrium (INFATUATION; performing artist: Rod Stewart) | |
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 | Figure 71. A Mohr-Westphal density balance. This instrument was first described in 1832 by the German chemist Carl Friedrich Mohr. It is a balance with two arms, where the equilibrium is reached by adding weight on a tray. This type of instrument was modified by G. Westphal who replaced the tray with an adjustable counterweight. Julien Thoulet used this type of instrument in his studies. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | This image represents the equilibration of osmotic stress among the phase under study and the external stressing solution in vast excess across a semipermeable membrane. At equilibrium the osmotic pressure of the stressing solution is identical to the osmotic pressure stressing the subphase. Credit: NICHD. |
 | Schematic presentation of a protein containing a cleft, in equilibrium between two states in which either water molecules (dark blue dots) or substrate (yellow) are bound. Increasing osmotic pressure shifts the equilibrium towards the state in which water is released from the cleft. Credit: NICHD. | ||
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| "Vase with branches of tree" by Luca Pellanda Commentary: "Shape of perfect equilibrium and suggestion." |
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Nathalie Sarraute | Suspicion is one of the morbid reactions by which an organism defends itself and seeks another equilibrium. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The excessive weight of this man in human destiny disturbed the equilibrium. |
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Health | Persons suffering from withdrawal also take longer to regain emotional equilibrium following stress. (references) | |
Brain tumors that disrupt the normal control of equilibrium can cause dizziness or difficulty with balance. (references) | ||
Business | This tactic makes feasible door-to-door service at a lower cost, with a relatively longer time frame but with a considerable higher cost/benefit ratio equilibrium. (references) | |
Economic History | Dominican Rep | Under the foreign investment law, foreign investment is permitted in all sectors except the following: disposal and storage of toxic, hazardous or radioactive waste not produced in the country; activities affecting public health and the ecological equilibrium of the country; and, the production of materials and equipment directly linked to national security without authorization from the president. (references) |
Political Economy | POLAND | The decision was in line with government plans to let the zloty find its equilibrium level before applying for participation in the European Exchange Rate Mechanism and then the European Monetary Union. (references) |
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John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Our goal must be a reasonable equilibrium in our balance of payments. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | In an era where the strategic nuclear forces are in rough equilibrium, the risks of conflict below the nuclear threshold may grow more perilous. |
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| "Equilibrium" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.82% of the time. "Equilibrium" is used about 1,626 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.82% | 1,623 | 5,124 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.18% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,626 | N/A |
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Expressions using "equilibrium": Acid-Base Equilibrium ♦ adiabatic equilibrium ♦ bringing into state of equilibrium ♦ chemical equilibrium ♦ computable general equilibrium ♦ Computable general equilibrium model ♦ convective equilibrium ♦ diffusive equilibrium ♦ equilibrium carriers ♦ equilibrium constant ♦ equilibrium law ♦ equilibrium moisture ♦ equilibrium moisture content ♦ equilibrium sense ♦ equilibrium state ♦ Equilibrium valve ♦ Euler's equilibrium condition ♦ general equilibrium ♦ law of chemical equilibrium ♦ neutral equilibrium ♦ radiation equilibrium ♦ restore equilibrium ♦ secular equilibrium ♦ sense of equilibrium ♦ stable equilibrium ♦ thermal equilibrium ♦ thermodynamics of equilibrium ♦ unstable equilibrium. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "equilibrium": equilibrium-amount, equilibrium-price. | |
Ending with "equilibrium": dis-equilibrium, non-equilibrium. | |
Containing "equilibrium": off-the-equilibrium-path. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "equilibrium"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | balans (weight). (various references) | |
Albanian | ekuilibër (balance, equipoise, evenness, poise), i barabartë në peshë, balancim (balance, compensation). (various references) | |
Arabic | توازن (balance, counterpoise, equation, equipoise, equiponderate, evenness, outweigh, poise). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | съчетаване (integration, matching, wedding), равновесие (balance, counterpoise, equipoise, poise), балансиране (compensation, trim). (various references) | |
Chinese | 平衡 (balance). (various references) | |
Czech | rovnováha (balance, equanimity, equipoise, poise, stability, trim). (various references) | |
Danish | ligevægt (balance). (various references) | |
Dutch | evenwichtstoestand (equilibrium state, steady state, steady-state conditions, steady-state situation), evenwicht (balance), balans (balance, balance sheet, fly, scales). (various references) | |
Esperanto | ekvilibro, egalpezo. (various references) | |
Faeroese | javnvág. (various references) | |
Farsi | موازنه (Balance), تعادل (Par, Parity), سکون (Inaction, Inertia, Lull, Quiet, Slack, Station, Stay), ارامش (Calmness, Composure, Lull, Peace, Quiet, Serenity, Silence, Solace). (various references) | |
Finnish | tasapaino (balance), tasapainotila (equilibrium state, steady state, steady-state conditions, steady-state situation). (various references) | |
French | équilibre (equipoise, equipped). (various references) | |
Frisian | lykwicht. (various references) | |
German | gleichgewicht (balance, equilibration, equipoise, poise). (various references) | |
Greek | ισορροπία (balance, counterpoise, equipoise, poise), ισοζύγιο (balance, trial balance). (various references) | |
Hebrew | תאזונה (balance, equipoise), שווי משקל (balance, equipoise, poise), שווי כוחות, אזון (balancing, equilibration, equipoise, evenness, levelling, poise). (various references) | |
Hungarian | egyensúly (balance, equal poise, equipoise, just poise, poise). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kesetimbangan (balane, harmony), keseimbangan (balance, parity). (various references) | |
Italian | equilibrio (balance, ballast, equilibration, equipoise, poise, saneness). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 平衡 (balance, equalization, even scale), 均衡 (balance). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ならし (average, balance, leveling, mean), きんこう (balance, gold mine, goldsmith, metalsmith, metalwork, outskirts, suburbs), つりあい (balance), かねあい (good balance, poise), あんてい (stability), へいきん (average, balance, mean), へいこう (abreast, at the same time, balance, closing a school, concurrent, equalization, even scale, occurring together, offering, parallel, parallelism, shut mouth, side by side, tribute). (various references) | |
Korean | 평형 (Equilibria). (various references) | |
Norwegian | likevekt. (various references) | |
Papiamen | balansa (scales). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | equilibriumay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | equilíbrio (balance, counterpoise, equation, equilibration, equipoise, poise, trim). (various references) | |
Romanian | echilibru (balance, equability, equation, equipoise, stability), cumpãt (balance), cumpãnire (balance, balancing, equipoise, trail). (various references) | |
Russian | равновесие (balance, counterpoise, equilibration, equipoise). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ravnotežan, ravnoteža (balance, equipoise, moorings). (various references) | |
Spanish | equilibrio (balance, equilibration, poise). (various references) | |
Swedish | jämviktsläge, jämvikt (balance, counterpoise, equation, equipoise), balans (balance, beam, breakeven, deficit, poise). (various references) | |
Thai | ความสงบของจิตใจ, ความสมดุลของร่างกาย. (various references) | |
Turkish | tarafsızlık (candor, candour, detachment, equitableness, equity, evenness, fair play, fairness, impartiality, indifference, neutralism, neutrality, non committal, objectiveness, objectivity, openness), karalılık, denge (balance, countenance, counterpoise, easiness, equation, equilibration, equipoise, poise, stability). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | рівновага (balance, counterpoise, equilibration, equipoise, poise). (various references) | |
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | æquilibrium, pondera. (various references) |
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Words beginning with "equilibrium": equilibriums. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "equilibrium": disequilibrium, nonequilibrium. (additional references) | |
Words containing "equilibrium": disequilibriums, nonequilibriums. (additional references) | |
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"Equilibrium" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: equalibrium, equiilibrium, equilbibrium, equilbrium, equilibirum, Equilibre, equilibreum, equilibrial, equilibruim, equilibrum, equillibrium, equlibrium. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "equilibrium" (pronounced ē'kwuli"brēum) |
| 11 | ē' k w u l i" b r ē u m | disequilibrium. |
| 5 | -b r ē u m | opprobrium. |
| 4 | -r ē u m | aquarium, atrium, auditorium, bacterium, barium, moratorium, planetarium, crematorium, delirium, deuterium, emporium, Herbarium, honorarium, tellurium, thorium, yttrium. |
| 3 | -ē u m | alluvium, ammonium, axiom, beryllium, medium, millennium, minium, myocardium, nephridium, neptunium, niobium, nobelium, opium, osmium, palladium, pandemonium, paramecium, petroleum, Plasmodium, plutonium, podium, polonium, potassium, premium, presidium, promethium, protium, psyllium, radium, cadmium, calcium, cesium, chromium, colloquium, compendium, condominium, consortium, europium, fermium, gallium, geranium, gonium, gymnasium, hafnium, harmonium, helium, holmium, idiom, indium, iridium, lawrencium, linoleum, lithium, magnesium, requiem, rhodium, selenium, sodium, stadium, strontium, superpremium, symposium, tedium, thallium, titanium, tritium, uranium, vanadium, zirconium. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-i-i-i-l-m-q-r-u-u" | |
-4 letters: limbier, liqueur. | |
-5 letters: erbium, imbrue, limber, limier, lumber, milieu, rumble, ubique. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-i-i-i-l-m-q-r-u-u" | |
+1 letter: equilibriums. | |
+3 letters: disequilibrium, nonequilibrium. | |
+4 letters: disequilibriums, nonequilibriums. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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