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
We sense this disequilibrium in the cultural prominence of 24-hour cable news, streaming television and podcasts, an expansion of what in 1982 the cultural historian Walter J. Ong dubbed the age of “secondary orality.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
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
The telescope is just beginning its remote exploration of the atmospheres of dozens of exoplanets, hunting for the same sort of chemical disequilibrium that Galileo spotted in Earth’s atmosphere.
From Scientific American • Oct. 18, 2023
It is not possible to keep one-half of humanity in the upper part and the other half in the lower part of the balance without producing disequilibrium, tears, and suffering.
From The Woman and the Right to Vote by Palma, Rafael
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