English noun: imbalance |
1. | imbalance (state) a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium |
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| Samples | A hormonal imbalance.
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| Synonyms | instability, unbalance |
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| Broader (hypernym) | disequilibrium |
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| Antonyms | balance |
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2. | imbalance (attribute) (mathematics) a lack of symmetry |
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| Synonyms | asymmetry, dissymmetry |
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| Broader (hypernym) | spatial property, spatiality |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | eyedness, footedness, geometrical irregularity, handedness, irregularity, laterality, lopsidedness, radial asymmetry, skewness |
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| Domain category | math, mathematics, maths |
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| Antonyms | symmetricalness, symmetry, correspondence, balance |
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