HyperDic: metastable

English > 1 sense of the word metastable:
ADJECTIVEpertmetastable(of physical systems) continuing in its present state of equilibrium unless sufficiently disturbed to pass to a more stable state of equilibrium
English > metastable: 1 sense > adjective 1, pert
Meaning(of physical systems) continuing in its present state of equilibrium unless sufficiently disturbed to pass to a more stable state of equilibrium.
Categoryphysics, natural philosophyThe science of matter and energy and their interactions
Catalanmetastable
Nounsmetastabilitythe quality of a physical system that persists in its existing equilibrium when undisturbed (or only slightly disturbed) but able to pass to a more stable equilibrium when sufficiently disturbed

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