disturbance | the act of disturbing something or someone, setting something in motion |
outburst tumultuous disturbance | a sudden violent disturbance |
disorderly conduct disorderly behavior disturbance of the peace breach of the peace | any act of molesting, interrupting, hindering, agitating, or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitled |
affray disturbance fray ruffle | a noisy fight |
equilibrium labyrinthine sense vestibular sense sense of balance sense of equilibrium | a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head |
equilibrium law law of chemical equilibrium | (chemistry) the principle that (at chemical equilibrium) in a reversible reaction the ratio of the rate of the forward reaction to the rate of the reverse reaction is a constant for that reaction |
punctuated equilibrium theory of punctuated equilibrium | a theory of evolution holding that evolutionary change in the fossil record came in fits and starts rather than in a steady process of slow change |
thermostatics thermodynamics of equilibrium | the aspect of thermodynamics concerned with thermal equilibrium |
perturbation disturbance | activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption, the term `distress' connotes some degree of perturbation and emotional upset, he looked around for the source of the disturbance, there was a disturbance of neural function |
shock seismic disturbance | an instance of agitation of the earth's crust, the first shock of the earthquake came shortly after noon while workers were at lunch |
noise interference disturbance | electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication |
electrical disturbance | electrical signals produced by unwanted sources (atmospherics or receiver noise or unwanted transmitters) |
acid-base equilibrium acid-base balance | (physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body, with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is slightly alkaline |
chemical equilibrium equilibrium | a chemical reaction and its reverse proceed at equal rates |
equilibrium constant | (chemistry) the ratio of concentrations when equilibrium is reached in a reversible reaction (when the rate of the forward reaction equals the rate of the reverse reaction) |
balance equilibrium equipoise counterbalance | equality of distribution |
equilibrium | a stable situation in which forces cancel one another |
disturbance disruption commotion flutter hurly burly to-do hoo-ha hoo-hah kerfuffle | a disorderly outburst or tumult, they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused |
Nash equilibrium | (game theory) a stable state of a system that involves several interacting participants in which no participant can gain by a change of strategy as long as all the other participants remain unchanged |
thermal equilibrium | a state in which all parts of a system are at the same temperature |
mental disorder mental disturbance disturbance psychological disorder folie | (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion, a more neutral term than mental illness |
affective disorder major affective disorder emotional disorder emotional disturbance | any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant |
disturbance perturbation upset | an unhappy and worried mental state, there was too much anger and disturbance, she didn't realize the upset she caused me |