[syn: asymmetry, dissymmetry, imbalance]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
imbalance
n 1: a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium; "a hormonal
imbalance" [syn: imbalance, instability, unbalance]
[ant: balance]
2: (mathematics) a lack of symmetry [syn: asymmetry,
dissymmetry, imbalance] [ant: balance,
correspondence, symmetricalness, symmetry]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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