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Definition
a stable situation in which forces are in balance
or:
a person's sense of physical or (more rarely) emotional balance
or:
a person's sense of physical or (more rarely) emotional balance
- Each molecule of the gutter bore away a molecule of heat radiating from Gringoire's loins, and the equilibrium between the temperature of his body and the temperature of the brook, began to be established in rough fashion.1.2.5 — Vol 1 Bk 2 Chpt 5 — Result of the Dangers (47% in)
- —The arrival of the gypsy suddenly destroyed this equilibrium.2.7.1 — Vol 2 Bk 7 Chpt 1 — The Danger of Confiding One's.... (58% in)
- The harsh voice of the archdeacon threw the poor fellow into such a commotion that he lost his equilibrium, together with his whole edifice, and the chair and the cat tumbled pell-mell upon the heads of the spectators, in the midst of inextinguishable hootings.2.7.2 — Vol 2 Bk 7 Chpt 2 — A Priest and a Philosopher are.... (29% in)
- Happily, I found that I was rather strong in the jaw; so I said to this jaw,—perform some feats of strength and of equilibrium: nourish thyself.2.7.2 — Vol 2 Bk 7 Chpt 2 — A Priest and a Philosopher are.... (48% in)
- It was a long time since he had seen the archdeacon, and Dom Claude was one of those solemn and impassioned men, a meeting with whom always upsets the equilibrium of a sceptical philosopher.2.10.1 — Vol 2 Bk 10 Chpt 1 — Gringoire Has Many Good.... (13% in)
- "I am a Pyrrhonian philosopher," replied Gringoire, "and I hold all things in equilibrium."2.10.1 — Vol 2 Bk 10 Chpt 1 — Gringoire Has Many Good.... (29% in)
- " 'tis still equilibrium," said Gringoire.2.10.1 — Vol 2 Bk 10 Chpt 1 — Gringoire Has Many Good.... (30% in)
There are no more uses of "equilibrium" in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
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