Talk:Equilibrium

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it is mainly measured in newtons and has to do with many different forces. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.190.42.15 (talk) 2007-01-08T23:35:58‎

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what is the geographical meaning??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.144.129.205 (talk) 20:38, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Comments

1. Mathematics collaboration? How can this disambiguation article be turned into a meths article?

2. The classification is a bit diffuse: namely the items listed under physics are truly physical phenomena but some of those under chemistry are also such, because chemistry could not stand alone without physics. Ought we separate physical chemistry and/or chemical engineering or combine physics with chemistry. Yet to come: 1) vapor-liquid equilibrium, and 2) In Psychrometrics not yet mentioned Equilibrium humidity . Equilibrium moisture content ought to be reclassified here as well from Other

3. Mental equilibrium (not yet mentioned) ought to come under Psychology, together with Piaget's cognative development reference. LouisBB (talk) 07:40, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

The physics and chemistry sections have been duplicated. I just tried to removed the duplications, but it was automagically reverted, and I was blocked for vandalism. Would an editor like to just sort this out? 137.205.124.72 (talk) 10:19, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

General concept

I would guess that someone coming to this page would expect a description of the concept of Equilibrium, not a dab page for various forms of equilibrium. I've drafted an article on the general concept which I was hoping to put somewhere. Does it make sense to have it as the 'Equilibrium' article, changing the current one to 'Equilibrium (disambiguation)' and sorting all the links? TrulyBlue (talk) 12:46, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

The problem is that "Equilibrium" is used with many very different meanings. In particular, Nash equilibrium and related concepts from game theory and economics are very important uses of the term "equilibrium", and I think many people would not agree that your "general concept" includes the game-theoretic sense of the word. Therefore in my opinion it is most appropriate for "Equilibrium" to lead to a disambiguation page. --Rinconsoleao (talk) 14:14, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

I know this is an old thread, but I was about to start one on the same topic, so I thought I'd reopen this one instead. I expected a discussion about equilibrium, which I think is understood to be the same concept across most fields of science. I would argue that Nash equilibrium is a fairly special case - something that a dab page deals with well. TrulyBlue - I like your draft. For a similar problem, see Noise. That has been solved by having one parent page, leading to several specializations, such as Noise (physics). In this case we could try to do the same, but I think all the sciences would point to the same page. GyroMagician (talk) 23:34, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

EQUILIBRIUM

THE STATE OF A BODY IN WHICH UNDER THE ACTION OF SEVERAL FORCES ACTING TOGETHER,THERE IS NO CHANGE IN THE TRANSLATIONAL MOTION AS WELL AS ITS ROTATIONAL MOTION IS CALLED EQUILIBRIUM. —Preceding unsigned comment added by OUTLANDISH (talk • contribs) 14:46, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Magical equilibrium

Many fantasy universe posit that there is a "magical equilibrium" that may be disrupted, or that the universe can be "unbalanced" by certain spells or accumulation. (In an entirely OR way it sounds a lot like the hubris/nemesis thing.) The "balance of the universe" or "magical equilibrium" seem potentially to be worth articles explaining what the concept is about and what its history is; what would be a suitable location to link to when such a concept is mentioned in an article? TheGrappler (talk) 14:50, 20 August 2010 (UTC) all the forces acting on a body is equal to o Ef equal o — Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.183.250.178 (talk) 15:13, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

Thermal equilibrium--brief statement is inaccurate

The brief statement at "Thermal equilibrium" says, "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." That's not correct, and it's not what the linked article on thermal equilibrium says. The object and the surroundings will continue to exchange energy in the form of heat. But at the point of thermal equilibrium, that exchange will be equal in both directions, so that the net state doesn't change. 140.147.236.195 (talk) 14:27, 23 August 2011 (UTC)Stephen Kosciesza