Volatile - Definition
volatile
adj 1: evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures;
"volatile oils"; "volatile solvents" [ant: nonvolatile,
nonvolatilisable, nonvolatilizable]
2: liable to lead to sudden change or violence; "an explosive
issue"; "a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager
for a confrontation" [syn: explosive, volatile]
3: marked by erratic changeableness in affections or
attachments; "fickle friends"; "a flirt's volatile
affections" [syn: fickle, volatile]
4: tending to vary often or widely; "volatile stocks"; "volatile
emotions"
n 1: a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from
solid or liquid to a vapor; "it was heated to evaporate the
volatiles"