Volatile
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Volatile is a word meaning, roughly, "temporary" or "fickle". It has specific meanings in several fields: Template:Wiktionary
In economics:
- Volatility is a measure of the risk in a financial instrument
In music:
- Volatile is a death metal band from Covington, Louisiana.
In chemistry, a volatile substance vaporizes to a gas at a relatively low temperature:
- Volatile organic compounds vaporize at normal temperatures and pressures
- Volatile anaesthetics are a class of anaesthetics which vaporize easily
- Volatile substance abuse is the abuse of household inhalants containing volatile compounds
- Volatile oil is another name for "essential oil"
- Volatile acidity is an unacceptably high level of acid or vinegar, in winemaking
In computer science:
- Volatile variables can be changed by external processes
- Volatile memory holds items in memory only while power is on