VOLATILE
\vˈɒlɐtˌa͡ɪl], \vˈɒlɐtˌaɪl], \v_ˈɒ_l_ɐ_t_ˌaɪ_l]\
Definitions of VOLATILE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor; "it was heated to evaporate the volatiles"
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tending to vary often or widely; "volatile stocks"; "volatile emotions"
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evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures; "volatile oils"; "volatile solvents"
By Princeton University
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a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor; "it was heated to evaporate the volatiles"
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tending to vary often or widely; "volatile stocks"; "volatile emotions"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly.
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Capable of wasting away, or of easily passing into the aeriform state; subject to evaporation.
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Fig.: Light-hearted; easily affected by circumstances; airy; lively; hence, changeable; fickle; as, a volatile temper.
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A winged animal; wild fowl; game.
By Oddity Software
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Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly.
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Capable of wasting away, or of easily passing into the aeriform state; subject to evaporation.
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Fig.: Light-hearted; easily affected by circumstances; airy; lively; hence, changeable; fickle; as, a volatile temper.
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A winged animal; wild fowl; game.
By Noah Webster.
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Easily evaporating or changing into vapor; as, ether is a volatile liquid; hence, lighthearted; lively; quickly adaptable; also changeable; fickle.
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Volatileness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Not permanent, evaporating spontaneously.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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Having highly evaporative qualities.
By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Easily influenced; fickle; changeable; transient.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Having the power to fly; capable of wasting away; easily passing into the acriform state; evaporating readily; lively; gay; full or spirit; fickle; apt to change. Volatile alkali, ammonia. Volatile salt carbonate of ammonia.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Capable of easily passing into the aeriform state, as hartshorn, musk, &c.; full of spirit; airy; fickle.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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