volatile
31volatile — 1. Tending to evaporate rapidly. 2. Tending toward violence, explosiveness, or rapid change. [L. volatilis, fr. volo, to fly] * * * vol·a·tile väl ət əl, esp Brit ə .tīl n a volatile substance volatile adj readily vaporizable at a relatively low… …
32volatile — adjective 1) a volatile personality Syn: unpredictable, temperamental, capricious, fickle, impulsive, emotional, excitable, turbulent, erratic, unstable 2) the atmosphere is too volatile for an election Syn …
33VOLATILE — s. m. Animal qui vole. Son plus grand usage est au pluriel. Cet animal est du genre des volatiles. Parmi les volatiles . .. Il est quelquefois adjectif des deux genres. L espèce volatile. Les insectes volatiles …
34VOLATILE — n. m. Animal qui vole. Cet animal est du genre des volatiles. Il s’emploie aussi comme adjectif des deux genres. L’espèce volatile. Les insectes volatiles …
35volatile — ● adj. ►MEM Se dit de données stockées dans des mémoire vives (elles seront perdues à coup sûr à l extinction du système), et, par extension, se dit de ces mémoires. Contraire: persistant, non volatile …
36volatile — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. gaseous, vaporizable; fickle, changeable, mercurial; unstable, transient; light, giddy; lively; capricious; buoyant, airy. See vapor, changeableness, transientness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Having …
37volatile — Prone to rapid evaporation. Both combustible and noncombustible materials may be volatile …
38volatile — [ vɒlətʌɪl] adjective 1》 (of a substance) easily evaporated at normal temperatures. 2》 liable to change rapidly and unpredictably, especially for the worse. ↘liable to display rapid changes of emotion. 3》 (of a computer s memory) retaining… …
39volatile — [ˈvɒləˌtaɪl] adj a volatile situation can suddenly change or become more dangerous …
40Volatile organic compound — Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are organic chemicals that have a high vapor pressure at ordinary, room temperature conditions. Their high vapor pressure results from a low boiling point, which causes large numbers of molecules to evaporate or… …
