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volatile::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | explosive |
| Derivation | volatility |
a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation.
volatile::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | substance |
it was heated to evaporate the volatiles.
volatile::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | volatility, volatilize |
volatile oils.
volatile solvents.
volatile::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | volatility |
volatile stocks.
volatile emotions.
Examples of volatile
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The four-week average of applications, a less volatile measure, rose to 394,250.
From the sacbee.com
Ireland's small, export-fueled economy is notoriously volatile, economists said.
From the online.wsj.com
He was No. 2 in the standings, but movement is volatile during a Ryder Cup year.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Volatile and murderous Frank later married a teenage niece of the King of Samoa.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The global equity market seems to be gearing up for another volatile week ahead.
From the nznewsuk.co.uk
The trouble is that the currency is always extremely volatile and unpredictable.
From the telegraph.co.uk
This is a very talented team but a volatile one in terms of potential win total.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Opposition forces fear his death in combat would enrage his volatile supporters.
From the latimes.com
Wilco's volatile line-up has stabilised, and their music has grown more elegant.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures; "volatile oils"; "volatile solvents"
- A volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor; "it was heated to evaporate the volatiles"
- Explosive: liable to lead to sudden change or violence; "an explosive issue"; "a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation"
- Fickle: marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments; "fickle friends"; "a flirt's volatile affections"
- Tending to vary often or widely; "volatile stocks"; "volatile emotions"
- (volatility) the property of changing readily from a solid or liquid to a vapor
- Carbonic acid is the inorganic compound with the formula H2CO3 (equivalently OC(OH)2). It is also a name sometimes given to solutions of carbon dioxide in water, which contain small amounts of H2CO3. The salts of carbonic acids are called bicarbonates (or hydrogen carbonates) and carbonates. ...
- Volatile is the second studio album from The Lime Spiders, released in 1988 through Virgin Records on vinyl.
- In computer programming, particularly in the C, C++, and C# programming languages, a variable or object declared with the volatile keyword usually has special properties related to optimization and/or threading.
