| ADJECTIVE | pert | metastable | (of physical systems) continuing in its present state of equilibrium unless sufficiently disturbed to pass to a more stable state of equilibrium |
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| Meaning | (of physical systems) continuing in its present state of equilibrium unless sufficiently disturbed to pass to a more stable state of equilibrium. | |
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| Category | physics, natural philosophy | The science of matter and energy and their interactions |
| Catalan | metastable | |
| Nouns | metastability | the 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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