stable equilibrium

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stable equilibrium [′stā·bəl ‚ē·kwə′lib·rē·əm]

(science and technology)

Equilibrium in which any departure from the equilibrium state gives rise to forces or influences which tend to return the system to equilibrium.

stable equilibrium

The condition of a structure in equilibrium; when a slight disturbance is applied to the structure and then removed, the structure returns to its equilibrium position. Compare with unstable equilibrium.

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No references found			Then there were the pebbles and stones that turned under him when he trod upon them; and from them he came to know that the things not alive were not all in the same state of stable equilibrium as was his cave--also, that small things not alive were more liable than large things to fall down or turn over. White Fang by London, Jack View in context			Stability, Thermodynamic stabilivolt Stabilization Stabilization of Petroleum Stabilization of Polymers stabilize stabilized feedback stabilized flight stabilized gasoline stabilized platform stabilized winding Stabilizer stabilizer bar Stabilizer of Polymer Plastics Stabilizer, Electrical Stabilizer, Ship stabilizing magnetic field Stabilizing Selection stabilizing treatment Stabilotron Tube stabistor stable stable bundle stable door stable element stable equilibrium stable factor Stable Fly stable graph stable homeomorphism conjecture stable isobar stable isotope Stable Liabilities stable local oscillator stable nucleus stable orbit Stable Platform stable strobe stable system stable vertical stable-base film Stabroek STAC stac compression Staccato Stachybotryotoxicosis Stachyose Stachys Stack Stack Annealing Furnace stack automaton			stable base film stable blackleg stable blackleg stable blackleg stable blackleg stable bundle Stable Carbon Isotope Ratio Analysis stable companion stable companions Stable condition Stable condition Stable Conduct Disordered-Hyperactive Stable Coronary Heart Disease stable cough stable cough stable cough stable cough Stable Dependencies Principle Stable Disease Stable Disease stable door stable door Stable element Stable element Stable element Stable Element Panel Stable Enterotoxin II stable equilibria stable equilibria stable equilibria stable equilibrium stable factor stable factor stable factor stable factor stable factor stable flies stable flies stable fly stable fly stable fly stable fly stable footrot stable footrot stable footrot stable footrot Stable Free Radical Stable Free Radical Polymerization stable gear stable graph stable homeomorphism conjecture Stable Image Assurance Program Stable Image Platform Program Stable Implementation Agreements stable isobar stable isotope stable isotope stable isotope stable isotope Stable Isotope Ratio Facility for Environmental Research Stable Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry

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