volatileness


vol·a·tile

V0139000 (vŏl′ə-tl, -tīl′)adj.1. Chemistry a. Evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures.b. Capable of being readily vaporized.2. a. Tending to vary often or widely, as in price: the ups and downs of volatile stocks.b. Inconstant; fickle: a flirt's volatile affections.c. Lighthearted; flighty: in a volatile mood.d. Ephemeral; fleeting.3. Tending to violence; explosive: a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation.4. Flying or capable of flying; volant.5. Computers Of or relating to memory whose data is erased when the memory's power is interrupted.
[French, from Old French, from Latin volātilis, flying, from volātus, past participle of volāre, to fly.]
vol′a·tile n.vol′a·til′i·ty (-tĭl′ĭ-tē), vol′a·tile·ness (-tl-nĭs, -tīl′-) n.