Associations to the word «Metastability»

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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