volatile

Significado (Inglês)

Adj

1. Evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions.
2. (informal) Explosive.
3. (usually) Variable or erratic.
4. Quick to become angry or violent.
5. Fickle.
6. Temporary or ephemeral.
7. Potentially violent.
8. Having its associated memory immediately updated with any changes in value.
9. Whose content is lost when the computer is powered down.
10. (obsolete) Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly.

Noun

1. A chemical or compound that changes into a gas easily.
2. A variable that is volatile, i.e. has its associated memory immediately updated with any change in value.

Conceitos

volátil

volúvel

instável

volatile

substância volátil

variável

inconstante

inflamável

caprichoso

Sinônimos

fickle

unstable

inconstant

variable

mercurial

explosive

unsteady

mutable

changeable

uncertain

flighty

fluctuating

unsettled

wavering

quicksilver

erratic

changeful

divers

diversified

evanescent

evaporative

flammable

floating

fluid

flyaway

flying

frisky

fugacious

gay

grig

incendiary

inconsistent

inflammable

insincere

jaunty

labile

lightsome

live

lively

lurid

moody

peppy

perky

pliant

poignant

quick

quick-witted

racy

remittent

shifty

Traduções

volatil

volatile

volátil

volàtil

flüchtig

brisant

unbeständig

inconstant

πτητικός

volubile

wankelmütig

incostante

uçucu

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈvɒl.əˌtaɪ.(ə)l/

Etimologia (Inglês)

From Middle French volatile, from Latin volātilis (“flying; swift; temporary; volatile”), from volō (“I fly”).