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metastability|mɛtəstəˈbɪlɪtɪ|
[f. next, after stable, stability.]
The property or state of being metastable.
1901Jrnl. Physical Chem. V. 270 (heading) The meta⁓stability of the Weston cadmium cell. 1914W. Rosenhain Introd. Study Physical Metall. xiv. 328 The metallic state, in the conditions which prevail at the surface of the earth, is for the majority of metals a state of chemical meta-stability. 1924Nature 13 Dec. 859/2 Atomic theory would suggest that these lines were connected with a faint metastability of certain possible quantum states of the atoms. 1950Engineering 3 Feb. 137/3 This type of under-cooling is made possible only by the metastability of iron carbide. 1968C. G. Kuper Introd. Theory Superconductivity i. 4 The latter is a small and very simple device which exploits the metastability of superconducting persistent currents. |