stable equilibrium
noun
: a state of equilibrium of a body (such as a pendulum hanging directly downward from its point of support) such that when the body is slightly displaced it tends to return to its original position compare unstable equilibrium
Word History
Etymology
stable entry 3
- unevener
- unevenest
- unevenly
- unevenness
- unevennesses
- uneventful
- uneventfully
- uneventfulness
- uneventfulnesses
- unevoked
- unevolved
- unexact
- unexacting
- unexaggerated
- unexalted
- unexaminable
- unexamined
- unexamining
- unexampled
- unexcelled
- unexcepted
- unexceptionability
- unexceptionable
- unexceptionableness
- unexceptionablenesses