n, pl  -ri*ums  or  -ria   1  :  a state of balance between opposing forces or actions that is either static (as in a body acted on by forces whose resultant is zero) or dynamic (as in a reversible chemical reaction when the velocities in both directions are equal)  2  :  a state of intellectual or emotional balance .
 
   
 
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