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Noun equilibrium has 4 senses
- chemical equilibrium, equilibrium - a chemical reaction and its reverse proceed at equal rates
--1 is a kind of chemical reaction, reaction
--1 has particulars: acid-base equilibrium, acid-base balance
- equilibrium - a stable situation in which forces cancel one another
--2 is a kind of situation, state of affairs
Antonyms: disequilibrium
--2 has particulars:
- balance, equilibrium, equipoise, counterbalance - equality of distribution
--3 is a kind of structure, construction
--3 has particulars: conformation; symmetry, proportion
- equilibrium, labyrinthine sense, vestibular sense, sense of balance, sense of equilibrium - a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head
--4 is a kind of proprioception
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