instability

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French instabilité, from Latin instabilitas. Morphologically in- +‎ stability. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnstəˈbɪlɪti/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌɪnstəˈbɪləti/, [ˌɪnstəˈbɪləɾi] Rhymes: -ɪlɪti === Noun === instability (countable and uncountable, plural instabilities) (uncountable) The quality of being unstable. Synonyms: unstability, unstableness, volatility Hyponyms: shakiness, topheaviness, spindliness, clumsiness Coordinate terms: insecurity, uncertainty, risk, riskiness (physics, countable) A state that is not in equilibrium, or in which a small change has a large irreversible effect. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== instable (adjective) stability (noun) ==== Translations ==== === See also === disequilibrium