labile
Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ.baɪl/
The English word “labile” has 4 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.
- Apt or likely to change.
- Of a compound or bond, kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved (and possibly reformed).
- Of a verb, able to change valency without changing its form; especially, able to be used both transitively and intransitively without changing its form.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French labile, borrowed from Latin lābilis (“slipping, transitent”).
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