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disequilibria

disequilibria is the plural of disequilibrium.

Meaning of disequilibrium

Noun

disequilibrium (plural disequilibria or disequilibriums)

  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

Questions about disequilibria

What is disequilibria the plural of?
Disequilibria is the plural of disequilibrium.

Words near disequilibria in the dictionary

  1. disequilibrated
  2. disequilibrates
  3. disequilibrating
  4. disequilibration
  5. disequilibrations
  6. disequilibria
  7. disequilibrium
  8. disequilibriums
  9. disert
  10. disertly
  11. diserts

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