Definition of metastable Metastable
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What does metastable mean?
WordNet
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| metastable - (of physical systems) continuing in its present state of equilibrium unless sufficiently disturbed to pass to a more stable state of equilibrium | ||
| natural philosophy, physics the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- metastable (Adjective)
Of or pertaining to a physical or chemical state that is relatively long-lived, but may decay to a lower energy state when slightly perturbed or through a quantum transition.
