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Adjective: volatile 'vólut(u)l [N. Amer], 'vólutI(u)l [Brit]- Evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures
"volatile oils"; "volatile solvents" - Liable to lead to sudden change or violence
"a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation"
- explosive - Marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments
"a flirt's volatile affections"
- fickle - Tending to vary often or widely
"volatile stocks"; "volatile emotions"
Noun: volatile 'vólut(u)l [N. Amer], 'vólutI(u)l [Brit]- A volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapour
"it was heated to evaporate the volatiles"
Derived forms: volatiles See also: changeable, changeful, evaporable, inconstant, unstable, vaporific, vaporisable [Brit], vaporizable, vapourific [Brit, Cdn], vapourisable [Brit], volatilisable [Brit], volatility, volatilizable, volatilize Type of: substance Antonym: nonvolatile Encyclopedia: Volatile |