instabilities

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instabilities - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Instability \In`sta*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. Instabilities. [L.
     instabilitas: cf. F. instabilit['e].]
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     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.
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     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.
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