volatile

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English

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Etymology

From Middle French volatile, from Latin volātilis (“flying; swift; temporary; volatile”), from volō (“I fly”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈvɒl.əˌtaɪ.(ə)l/
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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈvɑ.lə.təl/, ,

Adjective

volatile (comparative more volatile, superlative most volatile)

  2. (physics) Evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions.
  3. (of a substance, informal) Explosive.
  4. (of a price etc) Variable or erratic.
  5. (of a person) Quick to become angry or violent.
    a volatile man
  6. Fickle.
  7. Temporary or ephemeral.
  8. (of a situation) Potentially violent.
  9. (programming, of a variable etc.) Having its associated memory immediately updated with any changes in value.
    • 2010, Jon Jagger, Nigel Perry, Peter Sestoft, Annotated C# Standard, page 467:
      This method stores a value into a non-volatile field called result, then stores true in the volatile field finished. The main thread waits for the field finished to be set to true, then reads the field result.
  10. (computing, of memory) Whose content is lost when the computer is powered down.
  11. (obsolete) Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly.

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Translations

(computing, of memory) whose content is lost when the computer is powered down
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Noun

volatile (plural volatiles)

  1. A chemical or compound that changes into a gas easily.
  2. (programming) A variable that is volatile, i.e. has its associated memory immediately updated with any change in value.
    • 2011, Victor Pankratius, Ali-Reza Adl-Tabatabai, Walter Tichy, Fundamentals of Multicore Software Development, page 74:
      Operations on C++ volatiles do put the compiler on notice that the object may be modified asynchronously, and hence are generally safer to use than ordinary variable accesses.

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

volatile

  1. feminine singular of volatil
  2. Alternative spelling of volatil, as a masculine singular

Noun

volatile m (plural volatiles)

  1. fowl, bird

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

volatile

  1. inflection of volatil:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Etymology

From Latin volātilis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /voˈla.ti.le/
  • Rhymes: -atile
  • Hyphenation: vo‧là‧ti‧le

Adjective

volatile (plural volatili)

  1. (chemistry, physics) volatile
  2. flying
    Synonym: volante

Noun

volatile m (plural volatili)

  1. bird, fowl
    Synonym: uccello
  2. (vulgar) penis

Further reading

  • volatile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

volātile

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of volātilis

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