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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : vol-uh-tl, -til or, esp. British, -tahyl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɒl ə tl, -tɪl or, esp. British, -ˌtaɪl |
Définition of volatility
Origin :- 1590s "fine or light," also "evaporating rapidly" (c.1600), from Middle French volatile, from Latin volatilis "fleeting, transitory, flying," from past participle stem of volare "to fly" (see volant). Sense of "readily changing, fickle" is first recorded 1640s. Volatiles in Middle English meant "birds, butterflies, and other winged creatures" (c.1300).
- noun evaporation
- noun airiness
- noun excitability
- She was no more appalled by the loss than by the perception of her own volatility.
- Extract from : « The Letter of the Contract » by Basil King
- He is no more chargeable with volatility than society itself.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 » by Various
- She wanted much of the gaiety, but with it the volatility of her younger sister.
- Extract from : « The Purcell Papers » by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
- Their control in this way intimated a volatility which was not perceptible in their sentiment.
- Extract from : « The March Family Trilogy, Complete » by William Dean Howells
- Free acetic acid reddens litmus paper, like the other acids; and may be readily recognised by its odour and volatility:—2.
- Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
- The condensing apparatus must also be conditioned by the volatility.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 » by Various
- I was now carried away by the volatility and light-heartedness of youth.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Elixir » by E. T. A. Hoffmann
- But I feel that naught but herself can be her parallel for volatility.
- Extract from : « The March Family Trilogy, Complete » by William Dean Howells
- Associated words: volatile, volatility, volatilize, evaporable.
- Extract from : « Putnam's Word Book » by Louis A. Flemming
- She had never seen him show such an excited manner; all his past volatility was as nothing to it.
- Extract from : « The Adventures of a Widow » by Edgar Fawcett
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