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VOLATILITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being easily excited
Synonyms:
excitability; excitableness; volatility
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("volatility" is a kind of...):
emotionalism; emotionality (emotional nature or quality)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "volatility"):
boiling point (being highly angry or excited; ready to boil over)
Derivation:
volatile (liable to lead to sudden change or violence)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The trait of being unpredictably irresolute
Example:
the volatility of the market drove many investors away
Synonyms:
unpredictability; volatility
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("volatility" is a kind of...):
irresoluteness; irresolution (the trait of being irresolute; lacking firmness of purpose)
Derivation:
volatile (tending to vary often or widely)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The property of changing readily from a solid or liquid to a vapor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("volatility" is a kind of...):
chemical property (a property used to characterize materials in reactions that change their identity)
Derivation:
volatile (evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures)
