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单词 volatility
释义
volatility
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Volatility is the trait of being excitable and unpredictable. Your volatility might ultimately be the thing that makes you unsuitable as a preschool teacher.
The noun volatility is the characteristic of changing often and unpredictably. Your sister's volatility might be shown in how quickly she switches from laughing to crying. If you talk about the volatility of the stock market, stock prices are most likely fluctuating wildly. In chemistry, volatility means the speed with which a substance changes from solid to liquid, liquid to vapor, and so on. The root is the Latin volatilis, "fleeting, transitory, flying."
WORD FAMILY
volatility: volatilities+/volatile: nonvolatile, volatiles, volatilise, volatility, volatilize/volatilisable: nonvolatilisable/volatilise: volatilisable, volatilised, volatilises, volatilising/volatilizable: nonvolatilizable/volatilize: volatilizable, volatilized, volatilizes, volatilizing
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"Our mindset is, if you're doing business here in Indonesia, the spirit is to maintain stability. Don't create unnecessary volatility to create business," he added.
Reuters(Jan 03, 2017)
"I would say this is too optimistic an assumption and I think we will see more volatility this year."
Reuters(Jan 02, 2017)
In Achilles, Lowell seemed to find a heroic reflection of his own mental volatility.
The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017)
1n being easily excited
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
excitability, excitableness
boiling point
being highly angry or excited; ready to boil over
emotionalism, emotionality
emotional nature or quality
2n the trait of being unpredictably irresolute
the volatility of the market drove many investors away
Syn|Hyper
unpredictability
irresoluteness, irresolution
the trait of being irresolute; lacking firmness of purpose
3n the property of changing readily from a solid or liquid to a vapor
Hyper
chemical property
a property used to characterize materials in reactions that change their identity
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