Associations to the word «Metastable»
Noun
- Ionization
- Equilibrium
- Neon
- Atom
- Phase
- Energy
- Helium
- Excitation
- Decay
- Isotope
- State
- Solubility
- Spectrometry
- Graphite
- Photon
- Fragmentation
- Stabilization
- Alloy
- Impurity
- Ion
- Gamma
- Electron
- Transition
- Collision
- Spectrometer
- Precipitate
- Decomposition
- Conformation
- Exp
- Nucleus
- Fluorescence
- Laser
- Analyzer
- Resonance
- Droplet
- Emission
- Ev
- Anion
- Molecule
- Lifetime
- Composite
- Diagram
- Temperature
- Plasma
- Foam
- Methane
- Fluctuation
- Dispersion
- Breakdown
- Vacuum
- Thickness
- Transformation
- Quartz
- Stability
- Potential
- Melt
- Pumping
- Solid
- Hydrogen
- Crystal
- Relaxation
- Oxide
- Beta
- Particle
- Configuration
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
METASTABLE, adjective. (physics) (chemistry) Of or pertaining to a physical or chemical state that is relatively long-lived, but may decay to a lower energy state when slightly perturbed or through a quantum transition.
METASTABLE, noun. A particle, etc. in the metastable state.
METASTABLE ISOMER, noun. (physics) An excited state of an isotope, often having different a spin quantum number (designated with an m)
Dictionary definition
METASTABLE, adjective. (of physical systems) continuing in its present state of equilibrium unless sufficiently disturbed to pass to a more stable state of equilibrium.
Wise words
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