VOLATILITY

excitability, excitableness, volatility

(noun) being easily excited

volatility, unpredictability

(noun) the trait of being unpredictably irresolute; “the volatility of the market drove many investors away”

volatility

(noun) the property of changing readily from a solid or liquid to a vapor

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

volatility (countable and uncountable, plural volatilities)

The state of being volatile

(uncountable) The state of having a low boiling point and evaporating readily

(computing, uncountable) The state of not retaining data in the absence of power.

(uncountable) The state of being able to fly.

(uncountable) The state of being unpredictable

(finance, countable) A quantification of the degree of uncertainty about the future price of a commodity, share, or other financial product

Source: Wiktionary


Vol"a*tile*ness, Vol`a*til"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. volatilité.]

Definition: Quality or state of being volatile; disposition to evaporate; changeableness; fickleness.

Syn.

– See Levity.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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REPLACEMENT

(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”


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