Associations to the word «Metastability»
Noun
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Wiktionary
METASTABILITY, noun. An unstable but potentially long-lived state of a system; for example, a supersaturated solution or an excited atom.
Dictionary definition
METASTABILITY, noun. 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.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.