Definition of unstable

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Unstable (a.) Not stable; not firm, fixed, or constant; subject to change or overthrow..

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Sodium :: Sodium (n.) A common metallic element of the alkali group, in nature always occuring combined, as in common salt, in albite, etc. It is isolated as a soft, waxy, white, unstable metal, so readily oxidized that it combines violently with water, and to be preserved must be kept under petroleum or some similar liquid. Sodium is used combined in many salts, in the free state as a reducer, and as a means of obtaining other metals (as magnesium and aluminium) is an important commercial product. Symbol
Firmless :: Firmless (a.) Infirm; unstable.
Tickle :: Tickle (a.) Wavering, or liable to waver and fall at the slightest touch; unstable; easily overthrown..
Sinapine :: Sinapine (n.) An alkaloid occuring in the seeds of mustard. It is extracted, in combination with sulphocyanic acid, as a white crystalline substance, having a hot, bitter taste. When sinapine is isolated it is unstable and undergoes decomposition..
Nitroprussic :: Nitroprussic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a complex acid called nitroprussic acid, obtained indirectly by the action of nitric acid on potassium ferrocyanide (yellow prussiate), as a red crystalline unstable substance. It forms salts called nitroprussides, which give a rich purple color with alkaline subphides..
Pendulous :: Pendulous (a.) Wavering; unstable; doubtful.
Instableness :: Instableness (n.) Instability; unstableness.
Sap :: Sap (v. t.) To make unstable or infirm; to unsettle; to weaken.
Fickle :: Fickle (a.) Not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a changeable mind; not firm in opinion or purpose; inconstant; capricious; as, Fortune's fickle wheel..
Unhinge :: Unhinge (v. t.) To render unstable or wavering; to unsettle; as, to unhinge one's mind or opinions; to unhinge the nerves..
Ticklish :: Ticklish (a.) Standing so as to be liable to totter and fall at the slightest touch; unfixed; easily affected; unstable.
Frothy :: Frothy (superl.) Not firm or solid; soft; unstable.
Flux :: Flux (n.) Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.
Mutable :: Mutable (a.) Changeable; inconstant; unsettled; unstable; fickle.
Wankle :: Wankle (a.) Not to be depended on; weak; unstable.
Thiosulphuric :: Thiosulphuric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an unstable acid, H2S2O3, analogous to sulphuric acid, and formerly called hyposulphurous acid..
Ketine :: Ketine (n.) One of a series of organic bases obtained by the reduction of certain isonitroso compounds of the ketones. In general they are unstable oily substances having a pungent aromatic odor.
Voluble :: Voluble (a.) Changeable; unstable; fickle.
Hydroxylamine :: Hydroxylamine (n.) A nitrogenous, organic base, NH2.OH, resembling ammonia, and produced by a modified reduction of nitric acid. It is usually obtained as a volatile, unstable solution in water. It acts as a strong reducing agent..
Detonation :: Detonation (n.) An explosion or sudden report made by the instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances' as, the detonation of gun cotton..
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