equilibrium

  1. Noun.  The condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced, resulting in no net change.
  2. Noun.  (physics) The state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero.
  3. Noun.  (chemistry) The state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same.
  4. Noun.  Mental balance.

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