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1. (adj.) volatile
evaporating rapidly; passing off readily in the form of vapor:
Acetone is a volatile solvent.
2. volatile
tending or threatening to break out into open violence; explosive:
a volatile political situation.
3. volatile
characterized by or liable to sharp or sudden changes; unstable:
a volatile stock market.
4. volatile
changeable, as in mood or temper; mercurial; flighty.
5. volatile
fleeting; transient.
6. volatile
(of computer storage) not retaining data when electrical power is turned off.
7. volatile
Archaic. flying or able to fly.
8. (n.) volatile
a volatile substance, as a gas or solvent.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME < L volātilis able to fly =volā(re) to fly +-tilis -tile)
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| Definition of 'Volatile' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) volatile
a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor
"it was heated to evaporate the volatiles"
2. (adj) volatile
evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures
"volatile oils"; "volatile solvents"
3. (adj) explosive, volatile
liable to lead to sudden change or violence
"an explosive issue"; "a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation"
4. (adj) fickle, volatile
marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments
"fickle friends"; "a flirt's volatile affections"
5. (adj) volatile
tending to vary often or widely
"volatile stocks"; "volatile emotions"
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1. (adjective) volatile
likely to suddenly change, especially to anger or violence
Theirs was a volatile relationship.; a region of the country that is politically volatile
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Volatile
passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly
2. (adj) Volatile
capable of wasting away, or of easily passing into the aeriform state; subject to evaporation
3. (adj) Volatile
fig.: Light-hearted; easily affected by circumstances; airy; lively; hence, changeable; fickle; as, a volatile temper
4. (noun) Volatile
a winged animal; wild fowl; game
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