instability

English

Etymology

From Middle French instabilité, from Latin instabilitas

Noun

instability (countable and uncountable, plural instabilities)

(uncountable) The quality of being unstable.
(physics, countable) A state that is not in equilibrium, or in which a small change has a large irreversible effect.

Synonyms

volatility

Related terms

instable (adjective)
stability (noun)

Translations

quality of being unstable

Asturian: inestabilidá f
Catalan: inestabilitat f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 不穩定, 不稳定 (bù wěndìng), 不穩定性, 不稳定性 (bù wěndìng xìng), 不穩固, 不稳固 (bù wěngù), 不穩固性, 不稳固性 (bù wěngù xìng)
Dutch: instabiliteit (nl) f
Finnish: epävakaus
French: instabilité (fr) f
Galician: inestabilidade (gl) f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Instabilität (de) f
Irish: éagobhsaíocht f

Italian: instabilità (it) f, dissesto (it) m
Malay: ketidakstabilan
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ustabilitet m

Nynorsk: ustabilitet m
Persian: ناپایداری‎ (fa) (nâpâydâri)
Polish: niestabilność (pl) f
Portuguese: instabilidade (pt) f
Russian: нестаби́льность (ru) f (nestabílʹnostʹ), неусто́йчивость (ru) f (neustójčivostʹ), непро́чность (ru) f (nepróčnostʹ), непостоя́нство (ru) n (nepostojánstvo), зы́бкость (ru) f (zýbkostʹ), неуравнове́шенность (ru) f (neuravnovéšennostʹ)
Spanish: inestabilidad (es) f
Tajik: нопойдорӣ (nopoydorī)

physical state

Chinese:
Mandarin: 不穩定, 不稳定 (bù wěndìng), 不穩定性, 不稳定性 (bù wěndìng xìng), 不穩固, 不稳固 (bù wěngù), 不穩固性, 不稳固性 (bù wěngù xìng)
Dutch: instabiliteit (nl) f
Finnish: epätasapaino

Malay: ketidakstabilan
Russian: неусто́йчивость (ru) f (neustójčivostʹ), непро́чность (ru) f (nepróčnostʹ)
Spanish: inestabilidad (es) f

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German: ^{(please verify)} Instabilität (de) f