stationary state

noun

, Physics.

any of several energy states an atom may occupy without emitting electromagnetic radiation.

In so far as the increase of capital is concerned society is secure against the danger of reaching a stationary state.

A present purgatory with dynamic capabilities must in the end excel any earthly paradise which is held fast in a stationary state.

In the stationary state, it is regulated wholly by the increase or falling-off of the population.

For if they rain upon the pendulum too fast it will not swing at all, but remain deflected in a sensibly stationary state.

In these times affairs approach what has been termed the stationary state.

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