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

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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

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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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