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disequilibrium en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English equilibrium English disequilibrium From dis- + equilibrium.

Meanings

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

Forms

Deriveds

linkage disequilibrium · pairwise linkage disequilibrium diagram

Translations (16)

el ανισοσκελία (the loss of equilibrium or stability) · ga éagothromaíocht (the loss of equilibrium or stability) · pl nierównowaga (the loss of equilibrium or stability) · ro dezechilibru (the loss of equilibrium or stability) · nl labiliteit (the loss of equilibrium or stability) · de Ungleichgewicht (the loss of equilibrium or stability) · nl onevenwichtigheid (the loss of equilibrium or stability) · es desequilibrio (the loss of equilibrium or stability) · nl wankelbaarheid (the loss of equilibrium or stability) · cs nerovnováha (the loss of equilibrium or stability) · ro dezechilibrare (the loss of equilibrium or stability) · ja 不均衡 (the loss of equilibrium or stability) · ro instabilitate (the loss of equilibrium or stability) · hi असंतुलन (the loss of equilibrium or stability) · it squilibrio (the loss of equilibrium or stability) · nl desequilibrium (the loss of equilibrium or stability)