metastability
Definitions
An unstable but potentially long-lived state of a system; for example, a supersaturated solution or an excited atom.
Equivalents
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Italianometastabilità
Examples
“Soloman's belief that love⟳ is necessarily paradoxical issues from his attempt⟳ to define⟳ it as what Sartre would call⟳ a dialectical metastability. Love⟳ must therefore be not a "state of the union but a never ending conflict of pushing away and pulling together."”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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