Equilibrium vs Isotonic - What's the difference?
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The condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced, resulting in no net change.
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(physics) The state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero.
(chemistry) The state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same.
Mental balance.
English nouns with irregular plurals
(of two solutions) having the same osmotic pressure
(of a medical solution) Having the same concentration of solutes as human blood.
(of two muscles) having equal tension
(physiology) Of or involving muscular contraction against resistance in which the length of the muscle changes. Antonym is isometric. Isotonic movements are either concentric (working muscle shortens) or eccentric (working muscle lengthens). See also
As a noun equilibrium
is balance, equilibrium.As an adjective isotonic is
(of two solutions) having the same osmotic pressure.equilibrium
English
Alternative forms
* “equilibrium]” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.(dated)
Noun
(en-noun)- Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment but you humans do not. You move to an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural resource is consumed and the only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus.
Synonyms
* (a condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) balance, stability * (mental balance) sanityAntonyms
* (a condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) disequilibrium, imbalance, instability * (in physics) disequilibrium, non-equilibrium * (mental balance) insanity, instability, madnessHypernyms
* (in physics) stasisDerived terms
* disequilibrium * dynamic equilibrium * equilibrist * Nash equilibrium * neutral equilibrium * stable equilibrium * static equilibrium * unstable equilibriumReferences
isotonic
English
(wikipedia isotonic)Adjective
(-)- Use an isotonic saline solution in your neti pot to prevent irritation of your nasal passages.