Pythagoras [said] that each thing or matter was ever gliding and labile.
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Labile
//ˈleɪbaɪl//
Synonyms for "labile" (11 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Adjective(2 words)
Strong matches (3)
Related words (5)
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2 entriesderived
11 entrieshas context
3 entriesrelated to
12 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
17 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- лаби́лен adj (liable to slip, err, fall or apostatize)
- лаби́лен adj (kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved)
- неустойчи́в adj (liable to slip, err, fall or apostatize)
Catalan
1 entries- làbil adj (kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved)
Czech
2 entries- labilní adj (liable to slip, err, fall or apostatize)
- labilní adj (kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved)
Finnish
2 entries- labiili adj (liable to slip, err, fall or apostatize)
- labiili adj (kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved)
French
1 entries- labile adj (kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved)
German
1 entries- labil adj (liable to slip, err, fall or apostatize)
Italian
1 entries- labile adj (kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved)
Polish
1 entries- labilny adj (liable to slip, err, fall or apostatize)
Sicilian
2 entries- làbbili adj (liable to slip, err, fall or apostatize)
- làbbili adj (kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved)
Spanish
2 entries- lábil adj (liable to slip, err, fall or apostatize)
- lábil adj (kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved)
Swedish
1 entries- labil adj (liable to slip, err, fall or apostatize)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Certain drugs can be conjugated to polymer molecules with a linkage that is labile at low pH to effect controlled release in a cellular endosome.
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Water ligands typically bind metals in a labile fashion and are rapidly interchanged in aqueous solution.
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