steady state

noun

1. physics the condition of a system when some or all of the quantities describing it are independent of time but not necessarily in thermodynamic or chemical equilibrium See also equilibrium

steady state

/ stĕd′ē /

1. A condition of a physical system or device that does not change over time, or in which any one change is continually balanced by another, such as the stable condition of a system in equilibrium.

Example Sentences

It involves performing 15 to 30 minutes of “interval exercise” rather than 30 to 60 minutes of “steady state exercise.”

From The Daily Beast

The liquid in the retort should be kept in a steady state of bullition.

From Project Gutenberg

The pulsing, steady-state equation of the universe maintained its knife-edge and inevitable thermo-dynamic balance.

From Project Gutenberg

In the steady state the number, n, of ions of either sign per cc.

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