metastability
nounEtymology
From meta- + stability.
Definitions
An unstable but potentially long-lived state of a system
An unstable but potentially long-lived state of a system; for example, a supersaturated solution or an excited atom.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for metastability. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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