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Meaning of volatile

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  volatile
      adj 1: evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures;
             "volatile oils"; "volatile solvents" [ant: {nonvolatile},
             {nonvolatilisable}, {nonvolatilizable}]
      2: liable to lead to sudden change or violence; "an explosive
         issue"; "a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager
         for a confrontation" [syn: {explosive}, {volatile}]
      3: marked by erratic changeableness in affections or
         attachments; "fickle friends"; "a flirt's volatile
         affections" [syn: {fickle}, {volatile}]
      4: tending to vary often or widely; "volatile stocks"; "volatile
         emotions"
      n 1: a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from
           solid or liquid to a vapor; "it was heated to evaporate the
           volatiles"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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