Gerund-derived noun: “the upsetting of the balance”; also technical term in metalworking.
Definitionen
The act or process of disturbing or overturning something or someone. The upsetting of the schedule caused confusion among participants.
(Metalworking) A forging operation in which the length of a workpiece is decreased and its cross-section increased by compression. Upsetting is commonly used to form the heads of bolts.