IMBALANCE
Dictionary entry overview: What does imbalance mean?
• IMBALANCE (noun)
The noun IMBALANCE has 2 senses:
1. a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
2. (mathematics) a lack of symmetry
Familiarity information: IMBALANCE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• IMBALANCE (noun)
Meaning:
A lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
imbalance; unbalance; instability
Context example:
a hormonal imbalance
Hypernyms ("imbalance" is a kind of...):
disequilibrium (loss of equilibrium attributable to an unstable situation in which some forces outweigh others)
Antonym:
balance (a state of equilibrium)
Meaning:
(mathematics) a lack of symmetry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
asymmetry; dissymmetry; imbalance
Hypernyms ("imbalance" is a kind of...):
spatial property; spatiality (any property relating to or occupying space)
Domain category:
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "imbalance"):
geometrical irregularity; irregularity (an irregular asymmetry in shape; an irregular spatial pattern)
lopsidedness; skewness (an oblique or slanting asymmetry)
radial asymmetry (the absence of symmetry about an axis)
handedness; laterality (the property of using one hand more than the other)
footedness (the property of favoring one foot over the other (as in kicking a ball))
eyedness (the property of favoring one eye over the other (as in taking aim))
