Unstable

created by Webster 1913
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Chemistry: tending to decompose or change into other compounds.
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:10:30

Un*sta"ble (?), a. [Cf. Instable.]

Not stable; not firm, fixed, or constant; subject to change or overthrow.

-- Un*sta"ble*ness, n. Chaucer.

Unstable equilibrium. See Stable equilibrium, under Stable.

 

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