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Equilibrium may refer to:
  • Sense Of Balance , which maintains physical balance in humans and animals

  • In the physical sciences

  • Thermodynamic Equilibrium , when internal processes of a system cause no overall change in temperature or pressure

  • Dynamic Equilibrium , when two reversible processes (in thermodynamics) occur at the same rate

  • Chemical Equilibrium , when a chemical reaction proceeds at the same rate as its reverse reaction, with no change in the amount of each compound

  • Mechanical Equilibrium , when the sum of the forces and moments on each particle of a system is zero

  • Quasistatic Equilibrium , when internal processes change gradually from one equilibrium state to the next

  • In biological science

  • Punctuated Equilibrium , a part of evolutionary theory that states that speciation occurs relatively quickly with long periods of little change in between.

  • In economics


  • Nash Equilibrium an optimal collective strategy in a game involving two or more players

  • In ethics