DISEQUILIBRIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disequilibrium mean? 

• DISEQUILIBRIUM (noun)
  The noun DISEQUILIBRIUM has 1 sense:

1. loss of equilibrium attributable to an unstable situation in which some forces outweigh others

  Familiarity information: DISEQUILIBRIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISEQUILIBRIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Loss of equilibrium attributable to an unstable situation in which some forces outweigh others

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("disequilibrium" is a kind of...):

situation; state of affairs (the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disequilibrium"):

imbalance; instability; unbalance (a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium)

Antonym:

equilibrium (a stable situation in which forces cancel one another)

 Context examples 

Linkage-disequilibrium (LD) mapping is useful in identifying genes involved in complex diseases.

(Linkage Disequilibrium Mapping, NCI Thesaurus)

Linkage disequilibrium (LD) mapping is a procedure for determining the non-random association of alleles at two or more loci on a chromosome.

(Linkage Disequilibrium Mapping, NCI Thesaurus)