Hypertext Webster Gateway: "volatility"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Volatileness \Vol"a*tile*ness\, Volatility \Vol`a*til"i*ty\, n.
[Cf. F. volatilit['e].]
Quality or state of being volatile; disposition to evaporate;
changeableness; fickleness.
Syn: See {Levity}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
volatility
n 1: the property of changing readily from a solid or liquid to a
vapor
2: the trait of being unpredictably irresolute; "the volatility
of the market drove many investors away" [syn: {unpredictability}]
3: being easily excited [syn: {excitability}, {excitableness}]
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