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Definition of Instable
1. a. Not stable; not standing fast or firm; unstable; prone to change or recede from a purpose; mutable; inconstant.
Definition of Instable
1. Adjective. Exhibiting instability; unstable ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Instable
1. unstable [adj] - See also: unstable
Lexicographical Neighbors of Instable
Literary usage of Instable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Qualitative Chemical Analysis: A Guide in the Practical Study of Chemistry by Albert Benjamin Prescott, Otis Coe Johnson, Silas Hamilton Douglas (1891)
"Aqueous HBrO is a yellow liquid, very instable, and a strong oxidizing and
bleaching agent. ... are more instable than the corresponding hypo- chlorites. ..."
2. Popular Lectures on Science and Art: Delivered in the Principal Cities and by Dionysius Lardner (1846)
"Stable, instable, and neutral Equilibrium.— Motion and Position of the Arms and
Feet.—Effect of the Knee-Joint.—Positions of a Dancer.— Porter under a Load. ..."
3. Hand-books of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy by Dionysius Lardner (1854)
"Case of instable equilibrium of the current. — If the ring were placed at its
centre at c and its front directed to N, it would be in instable equilibrium, ..."
4. The American Library of Useful Knowledge by Boston Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (1832)
"CHAP. VII. EQUILIBRIUM OF FLOATING BODIES. CONDITIONS OF EQUILIBRIUM.—CASES OF
STABLE, instable, AND NEUTRAL EQUILIBRIUM. EXPERIMENTAL PROOF. ..."
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