metastable

Adjective

Describing a state of a system that is stable but can be moved to a more stable state under the right conditions.

ریشه

From meta- +‎ stable. First used in the field of physics in the 19th century.

مثال

• The system was in a metastable state.
• The metastable compound was carefully handled in the lab.
• The metastable equilibrium was disrupted by the external force.

ترکیب‌های رایج

Metastable state Metastable system Metastable equilibrium