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METASTABLE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of physical systems) continuing in its present state of equilibrium unless sufficiently disturbed to pass to a more stable state of equilibrium
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Pertainym:
metastability (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)
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