Having the power of being readily converted into gas or vapor. Sometimes applied, in chemistry, to those constituents, or that portion, of a substance which is driven off by heating at a specified temperature.
Flying, or able to fly; having the power of flight; volant; volitant.
Having the quality of taking flight or passing off by spontaneous evaporation; evaporating rapidly; becoming diffused more or less freely in the atmosphere.
Lively; brisk; gay; full of spirit; airy; hence, fickle; apt to change: as, a volatile disposition.
Transient; not permanent; not lasting.
noun.
A winged creature, as a bird or butterfly.
noun.
Wild fowl collectively.