disequilibrium

American  

[dis-ee-kwuh-lib-ree-uhm, dis-ee-] / dɪsˌi kwəˈlɪb ri əm, ˌdɪs i- /

noun

1. lack of equilibrium; imbalance.

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disequilibrium British  

/ ˌdɪsiːkwɪˈlɪbrɪəm /

noun

1. a loss or absence of equilibrium, esp in an economy

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Etymology

Origin of disequilibrium

First recorded in 1830–40; dis- ¹ + equilibrium

Example Sentences

Barron’s Live: Matt McLennan and his First Eagle colleagues started the year highlighting the risks of America’s twin deficits, hyperscaler spending, and “geopolitical disequilibrium”—all forces that continue to restrain the U.S. stock market.

From Barron's

Barron’s Live: Matt McLennan and his First Eagle colleagues started the year highlighting the risks of America’s twin deficits, hyperscaler spending, and “geopolitical disequilibrium”—all forces that continue to restrain the U.S. stock market.

From Barron's

Barron’s Live: Matt McLennan and his First Eagle colleagues started the year highlighting the risks of America’s twin deficits, hyperscaler spending, and “geopolitical disequilibrium”—all forces that continue to restrain the U.S. stock market.

From Barron's

The relevant statute allows only tariffs that “deal with large and serious United States balance-of-payments deficits,” “prevent an imminent and significant deprecation of the dollar,” or facilitate an international agreement to correct a “balance-of-payments disequilibrium.”

From The Wall Street Journal

In a typical genomic region, many variants are highly correlated with each other, due to a phenomenon called linkage disequilibrium.

From Science Daily

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