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Noun: metastability  ,me-tu-stu'bi-li-tee
  1. (physics) the quality of a physical system that persists in its existing equilibrium when undisturbed (or only slightly disturbed) but able to pass to a more stable equilibrium when sufficiently disturbed

Derived forms: metastabilities

Type of: constancy, stability

Encyclopedia: Metastability

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