Term: metastability: the quality of a physical system that persists in its existing equilibrium when undisturbed (or only slightly disturbed) but able to pass to a more stable equilibrium when sufficiently disturbed
Broader: changelessness: the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged | Unrelated: leviathan: monstrous sea creature symbolizing evil in the Old Testament
Broader: changelessness: the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged | Unrelated: gap: a narrow opening
Broader: changelessness: the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged | Unrelated: bolt: a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)
Broader: changelessness: the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged | Unrelated: caper: any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis
Broader: changelessness: the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged | Unrelated: bastard wing: tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing
Broader: changelessness: the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged | Unrelated: worksheet: a piece of paper recording work planned or done on a project
Broader: changelessness: the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged | Unrelated: peridot: a pale green variety of chrysolite; used as a gemstone
Broader: changelessness: the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged | Unrelated: endothelium: an epithelium of mesoblastic origin; a thin layer of flattened cells that lines the inside of some body cavities
Broader: changelessness: the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged | Unrelated: phonemic system: the system of phonemes recognized in a language
Broader: changelessness: the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged | Unrelated: stone: a lack of feeling or expression or movement