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List of types of equilibrium

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This is a list of various types of equilibrium, the condition of a system in which all competing influences are balanced.

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Biology

  • Equilibrioception, the sense of a balance present in human beings and animals
  • Equilibrium unfolding, the process of unfolding a protein or RNA molecule by gradually changing its environment
  • Genetic equilibrium, theoretical state in which a population is not evolving
  • Homeostasis, the ability of an open system, especially living organisms, to regulate its internal environment
  • Punctuated equilibrium, theory in evolutionary biology
  • Sedimentation equilibrium, analytical ultracentrifugation method for measuring protein molecular masses in solution
  • Equilibrium Theory (Island biogeography), MacArthur-Wilson theory explaining biodiversity character of ecological islands
  • Osmotic equilibrium

    • Physics

  • Equilibrant Force, which keeps any object motionless and acts on virtually every object in the world that is not moving
  • Equilibrium figures of Earth and planets (physical geodesy)
  • Equilibrium mode distribution, the state of fiber optic or waveguide transmission in which the propagation mode does not vary with distance along the fiber or changes in the launch mode
  • Hydrostatic equilibrium, the state of a system in which compression due to gravity is balanced by a pressure gradient force
  • Hyperbolic equilibrium point, a mathematical concept in physics
  • Mechanical equilibrium, the state in which the sum of the forces, and torque, on each particle of the system is zero
  • Radiative equilibrium, the state where the energy radiated is balanced by the energy absorbed
  • Secular equilibrium, a state of radioactive elements in which the production rate of a daughter nucleus is balanced by its own decay rate

    • Chemistry

  • Thermodynamic equilibrium, the state of a thermodynamic system which is in thermal, mechanical, and chemical equilibrium (see below). When it is said that a system is simply "in equilibrium", this is often what is meant.
  • Chemical equilibrium, the state in which the concentrations of the reactants and products have stopped changing in time.
  • Diffusive equilibrium, when the concentrations of each type of particle have stopped changing.
  • Thermal equilibrium, a state where an object and its surroundings cease to exchange energy in the form of heat, i.e. they are at the same temperature.**
  • Donnan equilibrium, the distribution of ion species between two ionic solutions separated by a semipermeable membrane or boundary
  • Dynamic equilibrium, the state in which two reversible processes occur at the same rate
  • Equilibrium constant, a quantity characterizing a chemical equilibrium in a chemical reaction
  • Partition equilibrium, a type of chromatography that is typically used in GC
  • Quasistatic equilibrium, the quasi-balanced state of a thermodynamic system near to equilibrium in some sense or degree
  • Schlenk equilibrium, a chemical equilibrium named after its discoverer Wilhelm Schlenk taking place in solutions of Grignard reagents
  • Solubility equilibrium, any chemical equilibrium between solid and dissolved states of a compound at saturation
  • Vapor–liquid equilibrium, where the rates of condensation and vapourization of a material are equal

    • Economics

  • Competitive equilibrium, economic equilibrium when all buyers and sellers are small relative to the market
  • Economic equilibrium, a condition in economics
  • Equilibrium price, the price at which quantity supplied equals quantity demanded
  • General equilibrium theory, a branch of theoretical microeconomics
  • Intertemporal equilibrium, an equilibrium concept over time
  • Lindahl equilibrium, a method proposed by Erik Lindahl for financing public goods
  • Partial equilibrium, the equilibrium price and quantity which come from the cross of supply and demand in a competitive market.
  • Radner equilibrium, an economic concept defined by economist Roy Radner in the context of general equilibrium
  • Recursive competitive equilibrium, an economic equilibrium concept associated with a dynamic program
  • Static equilibrium (economics), the intersection of supply and demand in any market
  • Sunspot equilibrium, an economic equilibrium in which non-fundamental factors affect prices or quantities
  • Underemployment equilibrium, a situation in Keynesian economics with a persistent shortfall relative to full employment and potential output

    • Game theory

  • Correlated equilibrium, a solution concept in game theory that is more general than the well-known Nash equilibrium
  • Nash equilibrium, a solution concept in game theory involving two or more players
  • Quasi-perfect equilibrium, a refinement of Nash Equilibrium for extensive form games due to Eric van Damme
  • Sequential equilibrium, a refinement of Nash Equilibrium for extensive form games due to David M. Kreps and Robert Wilson
  • Symmetric equilibrium, in game theory, an equilibrium where all players use the same strategy
  • Trembling hand perfect equilibrium assumes that the players, through a "slip of the hand" or tremble, may choose unintended strategies
  • Proper equilibrium due to Roger B. Myerson, where costly trembles are made with smaller probabilities

    • Other

  • Social equilibrium, a system in which there is a dynamic working balance among its interdependent parts
  • Equilibrium moisture content, the moisture content at which the wood is neither gaining nor losing moisture
  • Equilibrium point, node in mathematics
  • Reflective equilibrium, the state of balance or coherence among a set of beliefs arrived at by a process of deliberative mutual adjustment

    • References

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