"disbalance" meaning in All languages combined

See disbalance on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: disbalances [plural]
Etymology: From dis- + balance. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|dis|balance}} dis- + balance Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} disbalance (countable and uncountable, plural disbalances)
  1. A lack of balance, imbalance. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: disbalancement Translations (lack of balance): onevenwicht [neuter] (Dutch), Dysbalance [feminine] (German), дисбала́нс (disbaláns) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-disbalance-en-noun-TBt~sRDk

Verb [English]

Forms: disbalances [present, singular, third-person], disbalancing [participle, present], disbalanced [participle, past], disbalanced [past]
Etymology: From dis- + balance. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|dis|balance}} dis- + balance Head templates: {{en-verb}} disbalance (third-person singular simple present disbalances, present participle disbalancing, simple past and past participle disbalanced)
  1. To cause to be unbalanced.
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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