instability : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: instability	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for instability
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
instability n an unstable order Antonym(s): stability unreliability attributable to being unstable a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium; "a hormonal imbalance" Synonym(s): imbalance, instability, unbalance Antonym(s): balance the quality or attribute of being unstable and irresolute Synonym(s): instability, unstableness Antonym(s): stability, stableness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Instability \In`stabil"ity\, n.; pl. {Instabilities}. [L. instabilitas: cf. F. instabilit[82].] 1. The quality or condition of being unstable; want of stability, firmness, or steadiness; liability to give way or to fail; insecurity; precariousness; as, the instability of a building. 2. Lack of determination of fixedness; inconstancy; fickleness; mutability; changeableness; as, instability of character, temper, custom, etc. --Addison. Syn: Inconstancy; fickleness; changeableness; wavering; unsteadiness; unstableness.