Volatile vs Reversible - What's the difference?
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(physics) evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions.
(of a substance, informal) explosive.
(of a price etc) variable or erratic.
(of a person) quick to become angry or violent.
fickle.
temporary or ephemeral.
(of a situation) potentially violent.
(computing, of a variable) having its associated memory immediately updated with any changes in value.
(computing, of memory) whose content is lost when the computer is powered down
(obsolete) Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly.
able to be reversed
(of clothing) able to be worn inside out
(chemistry) (of a chemical reaction ) capable of proceeding in either direction
(physics) (of a phase change ) capable of returning to the original state
(thermodynamics) capable of returning to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy