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monostable

[mon-uh-stey-buhl]

adjective

(of an electric or electronic circuit) having only one stable state.

Origin:
mono- + stable²

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monostable (ˌmɒnəʊˈsteɪb^əl)

—*adj*
	physics (of an electronic circuit) having only one stable state but able to pass into a second state in response to an input pulse

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