instability

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Etymology

From Middle French instabilité, from Latin instabilitas.

Morphologically in- +‎ stability.

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Noun

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instability (countable and uncountable, plural instabilities)

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

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