disequilibrium

English

Alternative forms

• dysequilibrium

Etymology

From dis- +‎ equilibrium.

Noun

disequilibrium (plural disequilibria or disequilibriums)

1. The loss of equilibrium or stability, especially due to an imbalance of forces.
   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 15:

     The world of the angelic hierarchy was an evolutionary stream of light in a steady-state, but the creation of Adam from matter disturbs that primordial steady-state; it generates the creative disequilibrium necessary for change, transformation, and evolution.

Derived terms

• linkage disequilibrium
• pairwise linkage disequilibrium diagram

Translations

the loss of equilibrium or stability

Czech: nerovnováha f Dutch: onevenwichtigheid (nl), desequilibrium, labiliteit (nl), wankelbaarheid (nl) German: Ungleichgewicht (de) n Irish: éagothromaíocht f Italian: squilibrio (it) m Japanese: 不均衡 (fukinkō) Polish: nierównowaga f, brak równowagi Romanian: dezechilibru (ro) n, instabilitate (ro) f, dezechilibrare (ro) f (stare de) Spanish: desequilibrio m