instability

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French instabilité, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin instabilitas

Noun

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 (adjective)
• stability (noun)

Translations

quality of being unstable

• Asturian: inestabilidá f
• Catalan: inestabilitat f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不穩定／不稳定, 不稳定 (bù wěndìng), 不穩定性／不稳定性, 不稳定性 (bù wěndìng xìng), 不穩固／不稳固, 不稳固 (bù wěngù), 不穩固性／不稳固性, 不稳固性 (bù wěngù xìng)

• Dutch: instabiliteit (nl) f
• Finnish: epävakaus
• French: instabilité (fr) f
• Galician: inestabilidade (gl) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Instabilität (de) f
• Irish: éagobhsaíocht f
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• Italian: instabilità (it) f, dissesto (it) m
• Malay: ketidakstabilan
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ustabilitet m

  Nynorsk: ustabilitet m

• Persian: ناپایداری (fa) (nâpâydâri)
• Polish: niestabilność (pl) f
• Portuguese: instabilidade (pt) f
• Russian: нестаби́льность (ru) f (nestabílʹnostʹ), неусто́йчивость (ru) f (neustójčivostʹ), непро́чность (ru) f (nepróčnostʹ), непостоя́нство (ru) n (nepostojánstvo), зы́бкость (ru) f (zýbkostʹ), неуравнове́шенность (ru) f (neuravnovéšennostʹ)
• Spanish: inestabilidad (es) f
• Tajik: нопойдорӣ (nopoydorī)

physical state

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不穩定／不稳定, 不稳定 (bù wěndìng), 不穩定性／不稳定性, 不稳定性 (bù wěndìng xìng), 不穩固／不稳固, 不稳固 (bù wěngù), 不穩固性／不稳固性, 不稳固性 (bù wěngù xìng)

• Dutch: instabiliteit (nl) f
• Finnish: epätasapaino
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• Malay: ketidakstabilan
• Russian: неусто́йчивость (ru) f (neustójčivostʹ), непро́чность (ru) f (nepróčnostʹ)
• Spanish: inestabilidad (es) f

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Translations to be checked

• German: ^{(please verify)} Instabilität (de) f
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See also

• disequilibrium