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Webster 1913 Edition
Instability
Inˊsta-bil′i-ty
,Noun.
pl.
Instabilities
(#)
. [L.
instabilitas
: cf. F. instabilité
.] 1.
The quality or condition of being unstable; lack of stability, firmness, or steadiness; liability to give way or to fail; insecurity; precariousness;
as, the
. instability
of a building
Syn. – Inconstancy; fickleness; changeableness; wavering; unsteadiness; unstableness.
Webster 1828 Edition
Instability
INSTABIL'ITY
,Noun.
1.
Want of stability; want of firmness in purpose; inconstancy; fickleness; mutability of opinion or conduct. Instability is the characteristic of weak minds.2.
Changeableness; mutability; as the instability of laws, plans or measures.