stationary state

noun

, Physics.

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

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

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

From Literature

So, to extend Israel’s result to include rotating bodies, it was conjectured that any rotating body that collapsed to form a black hole would eventually settle down to a stationary state described by the Kerr solution.

From Literature

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