meta stability
əˌsteɪ adjective
1.
Metallurgy. chemically unstable in the absence of certain conditions that would induce stability, but not liable to spontaneous transformation.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | (of a body or system) having a state of apparent equilibrium although capable of changing to a more stable state |
| 2. | (of an atom, molecule, ion, or atomic nucleus) existing in an excited state with a relatively long lifetime |
| —n | |
| 3. | a metastable atom, ion, molecule, or nucleus |
| metasta'bility | |
| —n | |
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