Instability — In sta*bil i*ty, n.; pl. {Instabilities}. [L. instabilitas: cf. F. instabilit[ e].] [1913 Webster] 1. The quality or condition of being unstable; lack of stability, firmness, or steadiness; liability to give way or to fail; insecurity;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
instability — UK US /ˌɪnstəˈbɪləti/ noun [U or C] (plural instabilities) ► ECONOMICS, POLITICS the fact of a situation being likely to change, in a way that is worrying, or the changes that happen: political/economic instability »Investors should keep in mind… … Financial and business terms
instability — [in΄stə bil′ə tē] n. 1. lack of stability; unstableness; specif., a) lack of firmness or steadiness b) lack of determination; irresolution 2. tendency to behave or react violently or erratically [the instability of a chemical compound, emotional… … English World dictionary
instability — instability. См. нестабильность. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
instability — index doubt (indecision), fault (weakness), frailty, inconsistency, indecision, jeopardy, risk … Law dictionary
instability — early 15c., from M.Fr. instabilite inconstancy, from L. instabilitatem (nom. instabilitas) unsteadiness, from instabilis unsteady, from in not, opposite of (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + stabilis (see STABLE (Cf. stable) (2)) … Etymology dictionary
instability — [n] imbalance, inconstancy alternation, anxiety, capriciousness, changeability, changeableness, disequilibrium, disquiet, fickleness, fitfulness, flightiness, fluctuation, fluidity, frailty, hesitation, immaturity, impermanence, inconsistency,… … New thesaurus
instability — ► NOUN (pl. instabilities) ▪ lack of stability … English terms dictionary
Instability — [ Hydrodynamics simulation of the Rayleigh–Taylor instability [Shengtai Li, Hui Li Parallel AMR Code for Compressible MHD or HD Equations (Los Alamos National Laboratory) [http://math.lanl.gov/Research/Highlights/amrmhd.shtml] ] ] Instability in… … Wikipedia
instability — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ increased ▪ growing, increasing ▪ inherent, internal ▪ the inherent instability of financial markets ▪ … Collocations dictionary
instability — [[t]ɪ̱nstəbɪ̱lɪti[/t]] instabilities N UNCOUNT: also N in pl Instability is the quality of being unstable. ...unpopular policies, which resulted in social discontent and political instability. ...Caligula s inherent mental instability... The… … English dictionary
ii. A tendency of a body to continue moving away from its original state when disturbed by an external force and to continue after that force has been withdrawn.iii. The failure of structures, such as the buckling of plates and panels under compression, and the failure of struts under end loads.