VOLATILITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Being easily excited

Synonyms:

excitability; excitableness; volatility

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("volatility" is a kind of...):

emotionalism; emotionality (emotional nature or quality)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "volatility"):

boiling point (being highly angry or excited; ready to boil over)

Derivation:

volatile (liable to lead to sudden change or violence)

Meaning:

The trait of being unpredictably irresolute

Example:

the volatility of the market drove many investors away

Synonyms:

unpredictability; volatility

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("volatility" is a kind of...):

irresoluteness; irresolution (the trait of being irresolute; lacking firmness of purpose)

Derivation:

volatile (tending to vary often or widely)

Meaning:

The property of changing readily from a solid or liquid to a vapor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("volatility" is a kind of...):

chemical property (a property used to characterize materials in reactions that change their identity)

Derivation:

volatile (evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures)