Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - volatile
Volatile
volatile
adj. & n. --adj. 1 evaporating rapidly (volatile salts). 2 changeable, fickle. 3 lively, light-hearted. 4 apt to break out into violence. 5 transient. --n. a volatile substance. Phrases and idioms volatile oil = essential oil. Derivatives volatileness n. volatility n. Etymology: OF volatil or L volatilis f. volare volat- fly
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I. adjective Etymology: French, from Latin volatilis, from volare to fly Date: 1605 readily vaporizable at a relatively low temperature, flying or having the power to fly, 3. lighthearted, lively, easily aroused , tending to erupt into violence ; explosive , 4. unable to hold the attention fixed because of an inherent lightness or fickleness of disposition, characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change , difficult to capture or hold permanently ; evanescent, transitory, ~ness noun volatility noun II. noun Date: 1686 a ~ substance ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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