stationary state

American  

noun

Physics.

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

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Example Sentences

Markets don’t work well in a stationary state; they are like sharks, either moving or dead.

From The Guardian • May 22, 2019

When a black hole is created by gravitational collapse, it rapidly settles down to a stationary state, which is characterized by only three parameters: the mass, the angular momentum, and the electric charge.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2016

It would therefore not be too long before it settled down to a stationary state.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

One would therefore expect a system of massive objects to settle down eventually to a stationary state, because the energy in any movement would be carried away by the emission of gravitational waves.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

If it were not for leakage in various ways, the electrification would go on everywhere increasing, but in practice a stationary state is soon attained.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various