unstable equilibrium
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunstableandequilibrium
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unstable
adjective
uk/ʌnˈsteɪ.bəl/us/ʌnˈsteɪ.bəl/
not solid and firm and therefore not strong, safe, or likely ...
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equilibrium
noun[S or U]
uk/ˌek.wɪˈlɪb.ri.əm/us/ˌiː.kwəˈlɪb.ri.əm/
a state ...
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(Definition ofunstableandequilibriumfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Rather than a single, stable equilibrium, there are three: two stable (open circles) separated by oneunstableequilibrium(diamond).
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Further, a larger perturbation is now required to push the system back to the right of theunstableequilibriumand enable it to recover.
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The system will tend toward one of the stable equilibria depending on the initial conditions and will move away from theunstableequilibrium.
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It may well be, however, that the balance of power in thisunstableequilibriumis about to change.
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This wildlyunstableequilibriumbetween the communities strained communal relations to breaking point.
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The system will recover, moving toward the stable equilibrium and away from theunstableequilibrium.
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Theunstableequilibriumis indicated by a dashed line; the stable equilibrium is represented by a solid line.
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However, theunstableequilibriumand boundary between the long-run equilibria has moved up and to the left.
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The historian wants to know the causes that first produced theunstableequilibriumand then upset it.
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He will oscillate in that process until he reaches some viable andunstableequilibrium.
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When the system is in the neighborhood of anunstableequilibrium, a small perturbation may have catastrophic consequences.
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The hyperinflammatory state of patients seems to be of an ongoing nature dependent on anunstableequilibrium between a growing number of triggers and mediators.
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In case (ii) the existence of a state ofunstableequilibriumimplies the existence of unstable disturbances.
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In particular, this distribution can have up to two modes and one antimode, where the modes correspond to the stable equilibria and the unstable mode corresponds to theunstableequilibrium.
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For a neutrally buoyant particle, they obtained a stable equilibrium position a t 0.71 tube radii from the axis and anunstableequilibriumposition a t the axis.
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However, note that a small perturbation (a wet phase) can push the system back to the right of theunstableequilibrium, enabling the system to recover to its original state.
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He introduces the notion of ' 'viarules' ' as links to non-core subsystems that guarantee that the different grammars of the speech community remain weakly equivalent in theirunstableequilibrium.
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We must regard education as being in a state of "unstableequilibrium".
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The education system has all the hallmarks of a potentialunstableequilibrium.
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