| Noun | 1. | disequilibrium - loss of equilibrium attributable to an unstable situation in which some forces outweigh others situation, state of affairs - the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt imbalance, unbalance, instability - a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium; "a hormonal imbalance" equilibrium - a stable situation in which forces cancel one another |