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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