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disequiˈlibrium
[f. dis- 9 + equilibrium.]
a. Absence or destruction of equilibrium. So disequiˈlibrate, diseˈquilibrize vbs., to destroy the equilibrium of, to throw out of balance; disequiliˈbration.
1840Aeolus 12 A finely poised lever, to which the weight of a fly is enough to occasion a disequilibrium. 1882Elwes tr. Capello & Ivens' Benguella to Yacca II. i. 7 The effect of this dis-equilibrium of nature. 1889Blackw. Mag. CXLVI. 742/2 They are disequilibrised. 1891J. M. Guyan Educ. & Heredity Pref. 23 The disequilibrated are forever lost to humanity. 1891Monist I. 627 A disequilibration of their organism.
b. spec. in Econ.
1923J. M. Keynes Tract Monetary Reform iv. 160 When the disequilibrium was purely seasonal, this was an unqualified advantage. Ibid. 161 The post-war method is a most rapid and powerful corrective of real disequilibria in the balance of international payments. 1948G. Crowther Outl. Money (ed. 2) x. 352 Any excess of Saving over Investment produces disequilibrium—a shortage of purchasing power to buy the products of industry, falling prices and unemployment. 1963Economist 5 Oct. 57/1 The kind of balance of payments disequilibria that might occur. |