"metastable" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: meta- + stable Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|meta|stable}} meta- + stable Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} metastable (not comparable)
  1. (physics, chemistry) Of or pertaining to a physical or chemical state that is relatively long-lived, but may decay to a lower energy state when slightly perturbed or through a quantum transition. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Chemistry, Physics, Radioactivity Derived forms: metastable isomer Translations (of a long-lived unstable state): metastabiili (Finnish), métastable (French), metastabil (German), μετασταθής (metastathís) (Greek), metastabile (Italian), metastabilny (Polish), metaestável (Portuguese), metastabil (Romanian), metaestable (Spanish), yarı kararlı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-metastable-en-adj-qCQTpr4e Disambiguation of Radioactivity: 87 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with meta-, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with meta-: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 90 10 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

Noun [English]

Forms: metastables [plural]
Etymology: meta- + stable Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|meta|stable}} meta- + stable Head templates: {{en-noun}} metastable (plural metastables)
  1. A particle, etc. in the metastable state.
    Sense id: en-metastable-en-noun-xZFr~dqj

Inflected forms

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