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
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Examples of metastability
metastability
It may be seen that the metastability theory encompasses non-monetary rents.
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Metastability and coherence of repulsive polarons in a strongly interacting Fermi mixture.
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The obvious analogy is with physical metastability.
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This is called the vacuum metastability event.
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We know for sure that xenon was one of Papp's active gases, and that xenon is known to have both chemical and nuclear metastability.
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- 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
- Metastability is a concept in the field of complex systems. It refers to several experimental facts: *The space distribution of either physical or informational quantitites within such systems usually changes steadily due to their constant interaction with their environment. ...
- (metastable) Of or pertaining to a physical or chemical state that is unstable or transient yet relatively long-lived
- (Metastable) Possessing a state of pseudo-equilibrium that has a free energy higher than that of the true equilibrium state but from which a system does not change spontaneously.
- (Metastable) Chemically unstable but not liable to spontaneous transformation. Most of the atoms in the active medium of a laser must be raised to a metastable state before the lasing action can begin.
