Both Uses of
equilibrium
in
1984 by Orwell
- Even after enormous upheavals and seemingly irrevocable changes, the same pattern has always reasserted itself, just as a gyroscope will always return to equilibrium, however far it is pushed one way or the other.
p. 184..7 *equilibrium = a balanced position
- Even after enormous upheavals and seemingly irrevocable changes, the same pattern has always reasserted itself, just as a gyroscope will always return to equilibrium, however far it is pushed one way or the other.
p. 201..6equilibrium = balance
Definition:
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(equilibrium) a stable situation in which forces are in balance
or:
a person's sense of physical or (more rarely) emotional balance