English dictionary

metastability

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Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

the quality of a physical system that persists in its existing equilibrium when undisturbed (or only slightly disturbed) but able to pass to a more stable equilibrium when sufficiently disturbed

noun.attribute

Source: WordNet 3.0