metastable adj : (of physical systems) continuing in its present state of equilibrium unless sufficiently disturbed to pass to a more stable state of equilibrium

English

Adjective

1. In the context of "physics|chemistry": Of or pertaining to a physical or chemical state that is unstable or transient yet relatively long-lived

Translations

• Italian: metastabile

Metastability is the ability of a non-equilibrium state to persist for some period of time.

• See Metastability in molecules
• See Metastability in physics (Metastable phases)
• See Metastability in electronics
• See Metastability in nuclear decay
• See Metastability in the brain
• See Metastasis (Xenakis composition)