"bistable" meaning in English

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        "Having two stable states."
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "having two stable states",
          "word": "bistabilní"
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          "sense": "having two stable states",
          "word": "bistabiili"
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          "sense": "having two stable states",
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          "sense": "having two stable states",
          "word": "bistable"
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          "sense": "having two stable states",
          "word": "bistabil"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "having two stable states",
          "word": "bistabile"
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          "code": "gd",
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          "sense": "having two stable states",
          "word": "dà-bhunaiteach"
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        "A flip-flop."
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      "sense": "having two stable states",
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      "sense": "having two stable states",
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      "sense": "having two stable states",
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      "sense": "having two stable states",
      "word": "bistable"
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      "sense": "having two stable states",
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      "sense": "having two stable states",
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