Metastable
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Definition
- (of a state of equilibrium) stable provided it is subjected to no more than small disturbances. "the amount of supercooling a liquid can accept while remaining in metastable equilibrium is limited"
- (of a substance or particle) theoretically unstable but so long-lived as to be stable for practical purposes. "the occurrence of metastable olivine and deep earthquakes in subducting lithosphere"
