nonequilibrium

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Recent Examples of nonequilibrium Entropy maximization has long been thought to be a trait of nonequilibrium systems. Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2017
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Noun
  • So much of it is in disequilibrium, riddled by heat, pressure, and chemicals trying to get from their current location to somewhere else.
    Robin George Andrews, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2024
  • As Sargent understood and Peri proves, this couple requires an eye for dynamic disequilibrium.
    Phyllis Rose, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • But unlike previous technological waves, AI’s transformative power is being concentrated in the hands of remarkably few players, creating global imbalances that threaten to entrench existing inequalities for generations.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
  • Decades later, that goal remains elusive, with stark racial imbalances persisting in many districts.
    Collin Binkley, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
Noun
  • The team surmised that this unbalance may be due to strong eastward winds that distribute heat and clouds across the exoplanet’s surface.
    Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Mercy is a way to look at our unbalances and do something.
    Judy Knotts, Austin American-Statesman, 15 July 2024
Noun
  • Working-class wives work primarily for the money rather than career satisfaction; this results in more marital tension, which can fuel marital instability that spirals into yet more economic insecurity.
    Joan C. Williams June 13, Literary Hub, 13 June 2025
  • Yet Putin has organized Russia’s economy around the war effort and imposed draconian restrictions on civil society since 2022 — measures that will be difficult to change without risking internal instability, Western officials and observers suggest.
    Joel Gehrke, The Washington Examiner, 13 June 2025

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“Nonequilibrium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonequilibrium. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.

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