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labile

[ ley-bahyl, -buhl ]

adjective

  1. apt or likely to change:

    the labile nature of language.

  2. (in chemistry, biology, psychiatry, etc.) able or likely to change or break down easily, rapidly, or continually; unstable:

    labile emotions;

    labile blood pressure;

    cellular functions that seem to require different levels of labile zinc.



labile

/ 藞le瑟b瑟l; l蓹藞b瑟l瑟t瑟 /

adjective

  1. chem (of a compound) prone to chemical change
  2. liable to change or move
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • lability, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 濒补路产颈濒路颈路迟测 [l, uh, -, bil, -i-tee, ley-], noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of labile1

First recorded in 1400鈥50; late Middle English labil 鈥(of the mind) wandering, forgetful,鈥 from Latin 濒腻产颈濒颈蝉 鈥渟liding, slipping, (of verse) smooth-flowing,鈥 equivalent to Latin 濒腻产(墨) 鈥渢o slip鈥 + -ilis -ile
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of labile1

C15: via Late Latin 濒腻产颈濒颈蝉, from Latin 濒腻产墨 to slide, slip
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Example Sentences

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When Didion expresses guilt that her adopted daughter is in such a 鈥渓abile鈥 state, he offers:

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Someone with high IIV might be considered an emotionally labile person.

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Inserting Blanchett鈥檚 labile performance into a grid or a bubble amounts to a dissection of emotion, which is perhaps what personality types are all about.

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鈥淭hese memories become labile for a short time, and then they actually have to be reconsolidated and laid down again,鈥 he says.

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Arias, an exciting and emotionally labile actor, makes Anna a jittery creature, like a woman in the constant throes of a low-grade fever.

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