Pronunciation Adjective
volatile
- (physics) Evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions.
- (of a substance, informal) Explosive.
- (of a price etc) Variable or erratic.
- (of a person) Quick to become angry or violent.
- Fickle.
- Temporary or ephemeral.
- (of a situation) Potentially violent.
- (computing, of a variable) Having its associated memory immediately updated with any changes in value.
- (computing, of memory) Whose content is lost when the computer is powered down
- (obsolete) Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly.
- See also Thesaurus:ephemeral
- French: volatil
- German: volatil, flüchtig, verdunstend
- Italian: volatile
- Portuguese: volátil
- Russian: лету́чий
- Spanish: volátil
- Italian: volatile
- French: volatil
- German: schwankend, unbeständig, unstet
- Portuguese: instável
- Russian: изме́нчивый
- German: unbeständig
- Russian: непостоя́нный
- German: aufbrausend, labil
- German: flüchtig
- Russian: лету́чий
- German: brisant
volatile (plural volatiles)
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