instability

English

Etymology

in- +‎ stability

Noun

Wikipedia instability (countable and uncountable; plural instabilities)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being unstable.
2. (physics, countable) A state that is not in equilibrium, or in which a small change has a large irreversible effect.

Synonyms

• volatility

Related terms

• instable a
• stability n

Translations

quality of being unstable

• Asturian: inestabilidá (ast) f
• Catalan: inestabilitat (ca) f
• Dutch: instabiliteit (nl) f
• Finnish: epävakaus (fi)
• French: instabilité (fr) f
• Galician: inestabilidade (gl) f

• Irish: éagobhsaíocht (ga) f
• Italian: instabilità (it) f
• Portuguese: instabilidade (pt) f
• Russian: нестабильность (ru) (nestabíl'nost) f
• Spanish: inestabilidad (es) f

physical state

• Dutch: instabiliteit (nl) f

• Spanish: inestabilidad (es) f

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• German: Instabilität (de) f

See also

• disequilibrium