Word Type

Noun

The word "instability" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

stability stability

Derived Terms

Rayleigh-Taylor instability Turing instability diocotron instability microinstability photoinstability sea of instability

Derived From

ability

Context

physics

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

disequilibrium disorder undependability undependableness unreliability unreliableness unsteadiness

Type Of (IsA)

disorder undependability unsteadiness

Related Terms

disequilibrium instable stability

Related Terms

disequilibrium equilibrium instable stability unstable

Synonym Network

imbalance levity volatility

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