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steady state

noun

  1. physics the condition of a system when some or all of the quantities describing it are independent of time but not necessarily in thermodynamic or chemical equilibrium See also equilibrium
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


steady state

/ stĕdē /

  1. A condition of a physical system or device that does not change over time, or in which any one change is continually balanced by another, such as the stable condition of a system in equilibrium.


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It involves performing 15 to 30 minutes of “interval exercise” rather than 30 to 60 minutes of “steady state exercise.”

The liquid in the retort should be kept in a steady state of bullition.

The pulsing, steady-state equation of the universe maintained its knife-edge and inevitable thermo-dynamic balance.

In the steady state the number, n, of ions of either sign per cc.

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