Volatility

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The character of being volatile or of having the power of flight.
  • noun. The state or property of being volatile; disposition to exhale or evaporate; that property of a substance which disposes it to become more or less freely or rapidly diffused and wasted in the atmosphere; capability of evaporating, or being dissipated at ordinary atmospheric temperatures: as, the volatility of ether, alcohol, ammonia, or the essential oils.
  • noun. The character of being volatile; frivolous, flighty, or giddy behavior; mutability of mind; levity; flightiness; fickleness: as, the volatility of youth.
  • noun. Synonyms Lightness, Frivolity, etc. (see levity), instability, giddiness.
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  • noun. The state of being volatile
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the trait of being unpredictably irresolute
  • noun. the property of changing readily from a solid or liquid to a vapor
  • noun. being easily excited
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    "(Of course, this reduction in volatility is by no means welfare improving!)"
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