Search Result for "labile":
Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1. (chemistry, physics, biology) readily undergoing change or breakdown;
2. liable to change;
- Example: "an emotionally labile person"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Labile \La"bile\, a. [L. labilis apt to slip, fr. labi to slip.] 1. Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize. [Obs.] --Cheyne. [1913 Webster] 2. Liable or likely to change. [PJC] 3. (Chem.) Easily decomposed or inactivated when subjected to heat, radiation, or mildly acidic or alkaline conditions; -- of chemical compounds; as, enzymes from thermophilic organisms are not as labile as those from mesophiles. [PJC]
