All 7 Uses of
equilibrium
in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- 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.†
Chpt 1.2.5 *equilibrium = balance
- —The arrival of the gypsy suddenly destroyed this equilibrium.†
Chpt 2.7.1
- 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.†
Chpt 2.7.2
- 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.†
Chpt 2.7.2
- 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.†
Chpt 2.10.1
- "I am a Pyrrhonian philosopher," replied Gringoire, "and I hold all things in equilibrium."†
Chpt 2.10.1
- "'Tis still equilibrium," said Gringoire.†
Chpt 2.10.1
Definition:
a stable situation in which forces are in balance
or:
a person's sense of physical or emotional balance
or:
a person's sense of physical or emotional balance