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lability - 3 dictionary results

la⋅bile

[ley-buhl, -bahyl]
–adjective
1. apt or likely to change.
2. Chemistry. (of a compound) capable of changing state or becoming inactive when subjected to heat or radiation.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME labyl < LL lābilis, equiv. to L lāb(ī) to slip + -ilis -ile


la⋅bil⋅i⋅ty [luh-bil-i-tee, ley-] , noun
la·bile   (lā'bīl', -bəl)   
adj.  
  1. Open to change; adaptable: an emotionally labile person.
  2. Chemistry Constantly undergoing or likely to undergo change; unstable: a labile compound.

[Middle English labil, forgetful, wandering, from Old French labile, from Late Latin lābilis, apt to slip, from lābī, to slip.]
la·bil'i·ty (-bĭl'ĭ-tē) n.

Lability

La*bil"i*ty\, n. Liability to lapse, err, or apostatize. [Archaic] --Coleridge.
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