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

“He is in a stationary state. He is in a coma,” he said.

From The Guardian

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 Literature

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

From Literature

They argued that the rapid movements involved in a star’s collapse would mean that the gravitational waves it gave off would make it ever more spherical, and by the time it had settled down to a stationary state, it would be precisely spherical.

From Literature