volatile
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
computing
economics
engineering
finance
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
programming
sciences
Etymology: From Middle French volatile, from Latin volātilis (“flying; swift; temporary; volatile”), from volō (“to fly”).
Inflected forms:
form: more volatile
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most volatile
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: volatiles
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions.
pos: adj
gloss: Of a substance, explosive.
pos: adj
tags: informal
gloss: Of a price, variable or erratic.
pos: adj
examples: Its pricing is highly volatile — and therefore highly risky. For all its nosebleed ascents, bitcoin also has had some gut-punching plunges. Between November 2021 and November 2022, for example, the price of bitcoin dropped 75%, from $64,455 to $16,196, according to data on coinmarketcap.com.
gloss: Of a person, quick to become angry or violent.
pos: adj
examples: a volatile man
gloss: Fickle.
pos: adj
examples: Now Mr. Bush plans to pour more arms into this unstable region and add fuel to the volatile powderkeg he has foolishly created.
gloss: Temporary or ephemeral.
pos: adj
gloss: Of a situation potentially violent.
pos: adj
gloss: Of a variable etc., having its associated memory immediately updated with any changes in value.
pos: adj
examples: This method stores a value into a non-volatile field called result, then stores true in the volatile field finished. The main thread waits for the field finished to be set to true, then reads the field result.
gloss: Of memory, whose content is lost when the computer is powered down.
pos: adj
gloss: Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly.
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
gloss: A chemical or compound that changes into a gas easily.
pos: noun
gloss: A variable that is volatile, i.e. has its associated memory immediately updated with any change in value.
pos: noun
examples: Operations on C++ volatiles do put the compiler on notice that the object may be modified asynchronously, and hence are generally safer to use than ordinary variable accesses.
Derived words: caustic volatile alkali
nonvolatile
sal volatile
unvolatile
volatilely
volatile memory
volatile organic compound
volatility
Translations:
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 動蕩不定的 /动荡不定的
lang: Czech
word: nestálý
lang: Finnish
word: vaihteleva
lang: Finnish
word: volatiili
lang: French
word: volatil
lang: Georgian
word: ცვალებადი
roman: cvalebadi
lang: Georgian
word: არამდგრადი
roman: aramdgradi
lang: Georgian
word: არასტაბილური
roman: arasṭabiluri
lang: German
word: schwankend
lang: German
word: unbeständig
lang: German
word: unstet
lang: German
word: schwankungsanfällig
lang: German
word: wechselhaft
lang: Greek
word: ευμετάβλητος
roman: evmetávlitos
lang: Greek
word: ρευστός
roman: refstós
lang: Hungarian
word: ingadozó
lang: Indonesian
word: naik turun
lang: Indonesian
word: mudah berubah
lang: Italian
word: instabile
lang: Italian
word: incostante
lang: Italian
word: variabile
lang: Polish
word: niestabilny
lang: Polish
word: zmienny
lang: Portuguese
word: instável
lang: Russian
word: изме́нчивый
roman: izménčivyj
lang: Swedish
word: volatil
lang: Ukrainian
word: мінли́вий
roman: minlývyj