Found 2 hits - Term: labile, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
labile \la"bile\, a. l. labilis apt to slip, fr. labi to slip.
1. liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize. obs. --cheyne.
1913 webster
2. liable or likely to change.
pjc
3. chem. easily decomposed or inactivated when subjected to
heat, radiation, or mildly acidic or alkaline conditions;
-- of chemical compounds; as, enzymes from thermophilic
organisms are not as labile as those from mesophiles.
pjc
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
labile
adj 1: open to change; liable to change; "an emotionally labile
person"
2: chemistry, physics, biology readily undergoing change or
breakdown
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