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say it: di-see-kwuh-LI-bree-uhm
disequilibrium is a noun meaning "loss of equilibrium attributable to an unstable situation in which some forces outweigh others". It is pronounced /dɪˌsikwəˈlɪbɹiəm/ — di-see-kwuh-LI-bree-uhm. It carries one recorded sense.
loss of equilibrium attributable to an unstable situation in which some forces outweigh others
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for disequilibrium come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.