Definition for
volatile
– Having the power of being readily converted into gas or vapor. Sometimes applied, in chemistry, to those constituents, or that portion, of a substance which is driven off by heating at a specified temperature.
– Flying, or able to fly; having the power of flight; volant; volitant.
– Having the quality of taking flight or passing off by spontaneous evaporation; evaporating rapidly; becoming diffused more or less freely in the atmosphere.
– Lively; brisk; gay; full of spirit; airy; hence, fickle; apt to change: as, a volatile disposition.
– Transient; not permanent; not lasting.
noun – A winged creature, as a bird or butterfly.
noun – Wild fowl collectively.
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