Neutral equilibrium
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Related to Neutral equilibrium: unstable equilibrium, stable equilibrium
(Mech.) | the kind of equilibrium of a body so placed that when moved slighty it neither tends to return to its former position not depart more widely from it, as a perfect sphere or cylinder on a horizontal plane. |
See also: Neutral
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.