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steady-state

The definition of a steady-state is an unchanging condition, system or physical process that remains the same even after transformation or change.

(noun)

When you have a chemical mix that has certain properties, and the mix retains those properties even after you add a change-agent, this is an example of a steady-state.

See steady-state in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

designating or of a system, operation, mixture, rate, etc. that does not change with time or that maintains a state of relative equilibrium even after undergoing fluctuations or transformations

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noun
Physics

A stable condition that does not change over time or in which change in one direction is continually balanced by change in another.

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