Associations to the word «Metastability»
Noun
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Wiktionary
METASTABILITY, noun. An unstable but potentially long-lived state of a system; for example, a supersaturated solution or an excited atom.
Dictionary definition
METASTABILITY, noun. 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.
Wise words
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