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Definition of Labile
1. Adjective. (chemistry, physics, biology) readily undergoing change or breakdown.
2. Adjective. Liable to change. "An emotionally labile person"
Definition of Labile
1. a. Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.
Definition of Labile
1. Adjective. Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize. ¹
2. Adjective. Apt or likely to change. ¹
3. Adjective. (context: chemistry of a compound or bond) Kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved (and possibly reformed). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Labile
1. likely to change [adj]
Medical Definition of Labile
1.
1. Gliding, moving from point to point over the surface, unstable, fluctuating.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Labile
| labidometer labidometers labifying labile (current term) labile affect labile current labile elements labile factor labile hypertension labile pulse | labile verb labilities lability labimeter labimeters labio-velar |
Literary usage of Labile
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1900)
"SCIENCE. mérous compounds are known which very easily undergo a chemical change ;
modern chemistry defines them as labile (unstable) compounds. ..."
2. The Phase Rule by Wilder Dwight Bancroft (1897)
"These labile equilibria occur in all systems, and we will take up first the
supercooled ... This equilibrium is now labile, for the addition of the smallest ..."
3. The Chemistry of the Diazo-compounds by John Cannell Cain (1908)
"The labile and stable isomeric diazo-compounds.—In studying the properties of
these compounds it is impossible to avoid the conclusion that the labile or ..."
4. A Text-book of mental diseases by William Bevan Lewis (1890)
"Definition—Establishment of labile Equilibrium—Prevalence at Sexual
Decadence—Heredity—Influence of Neurotic Heritage and of Ancestral ..."
5. A Practical Treatise on the Medical & Surgical Uses of Electricity by George Miller Beard, Alphonso David Rockwell (1871)
"labile or stable interrupted currents are best adapted to produce muscular
contractions, and cause most potent physical and mechanical effects, while stable ..."
6. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"A labile form of protein and its relation to living protoplasm. ... A very labile
form of protein compd. is found in many plant cells, usually in the cell ..."
7. Theoretical and Physical Chemistry by Samuel Lawrence Bigelow (1912)
"labile State. It will be noticed that on this theoretical isotherm we have a part,
... This is sometimes called the labile state. " Complete " Equilibrium. ..."
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