INSTABILITY
instability, unstableness
(noun) the quality or attribute of being unstable and irresolute
instability
(noun) unreliability attributable to being unstable
instability
(noun) an unstable order
imbalance, instability, unbalance
(noun) a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium; “a hormonal imbalance”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
instability (countable and uncountable, plural instabilities)
(uncountable) The quality of being unstable.
(physics, countable) A state that is not in equilibrium, or in which a small change has a large irreversible effect.
Synonyms
• volatility
Source: Wiktionary
In`sta*bil"i*ty, n.; pl. Instabilities. Etym: [L. instabilitas: cf. F. instabilité.]
1. The quality or condition of being unstable; want of stability, firmness, or steadiness; liability to give way or to fail; insecurity; precariousness; as, the instability of a building.
2. Lack of determination of fixedness; inconstancy; fickleness; mutability; changeableness; as, instability of character, temper, custom, etc. Addison.
Syn.
– Inconstancy; fickleness; changeableness; wavering; unsteadiness; unstableness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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