volatile

Meanings

Plural: volatiles

Noun

• a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor
  • "it was heated to evaporate the volatiles"
• A chemical or compound that changes into a gas easily.
• A variable that is volatile, i.e. has its associated memory immediately updated with any change in value.

Adjective

• evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures
  • "volatile oils"
  • "volatile solvents"

Adjective Satellite

• liable to lead to sudden change or violence
  • "a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation"
• marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments
  • "a flirt's volatile affections"
• tending to vary often or widely
  • "volatile stocks"
  • "volatile emotions"

Adj

• Evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions.
• Explosive.
• Variable or erratic.
• Quick to become angry or violent.
• Fickle.
• Temporary or ephemeral.
• Potentially violent.
• Having its associated memory immediately updated with any changes in value.
• Whose content is lost when the computer is powered down.
• Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly.

Synonyms

explosive, fickle

Antonyms

nonvolatile

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