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disequilibrium

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






NOUN
unbalance
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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

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 Rafael Palma




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