disequilibrium
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of disequilibrium
First recorded in 1830–40; dis- 1 + equilibrium
Vocabulary lists containing disequilibrium
Example Sentences
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"India is a big enough power," Clary says, "that disequilibrium does not imperil its continued rise."
From BBC • May 7, 2026
But the electric connection he makes with the mind of his viewer is through visual and visceral disequilibrium.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
In a typical genomic region, many variants are highly correlated with each other, due to a phenomenon called linkage disequilibrium.
From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2024
Still, Galileo measured oxygen and methane in Earth’s atmosphere, the latter in ratios that suggested a disequilibrium brought about by living organisms.
From Scientific American • Oct. 18, 2023
Additionally, a regime of stable exchange rates won't go far towards facilitating the second result: to shorten the duration and lessen the degree of disequilibrium in the international balances of payments of members.
From After the Rain : how the West lost the East by Vaknin, Samuel
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