labile

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

(chemistry, physics, biology) readily undergoing change or breakdown
liable to change
- "an emotionally labile person"

Adj

Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.
Apt or likely to change.
Kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved (and possibly reformed).
Able to change valency without changing its form; especially, able to be used both transitively and intransitively without changing its form.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lābilis (“apt to slip, transient”), from lābor, lābī (“slip; glide, flow”).

Synonyms

unstable

Scrabble Score: 8

labile is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
labile is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
labile is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

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