Imbalance

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  imbalance
       n 1: a state of disequilibrium (as may occur in cases of inner
            ear disease) [syn: {instability}, {unbalance}] [ant: {balance}]
       2: (mathematics) a lack of symmetry [syn: {asymmetry}] [ant: {symmetry}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:



  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "imbalance":
     anamorphism, anamorphosis, asymmetry, buckle, contortion,
     contrariety, crookedness, detorsion, deviation, difference,
     disequilibrium, disparity, disproportion, distortion, gnarl,
     heterogeneity, inadequacy, inequality, inequity, injustice,
     insufficiency, irregularity, knot, lopsidedness, nonuniformity,
     odds, overbalance, quirk, screw, shortcoming, torsion, tortuosity,
     turn, twist, unbalance, unevenness, unfair discrimination,
     unsymmetry, warp, wrench, wrest, wring