Found 2 items, similar to Instability.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: instability instability n 1: an unstable order [ant: stability] 2: unreliability attributable to being unstable 3: a state of disequilibrium (as may occur in cases of inner ear disease) [syn: imbalance, unbalance] [ant: balance] 4: the quality or attribute of being unstable and irresolute [syn: unstableness] [ant: stability, stability]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Instability Instability \In`sta*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. Instabilities. [L. instabilitas: cf. F. instabilit['e].] [1913 Webster] 1. The quality or condition of being unstable; lack of stability, firmness, or steadiness; liability to give way or to fail; insecurity; precariousness; as, the instability of a building. [1913 Webster] 2. Lack of determination of fixedness; inconstancy; fickleness; mutability; changeableness; as, instability of character, temper, custom, etc. --Addison. Syn: Inconstancy; fickleness; changeableness; wavering; unsteadiness; unstableness. [1913 Webster]