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[vɔlətail, -til]adjectivehitro hlapljiv, izparljiv; ki se hitro razprši; eteričen; volatilen; bežen, minljiv, začasen; prazen, ničev; živahen, vesel, razposajen; nestanoviten, vihrav, spremenljiv, površen, lahkomiseln; (redko) leteč
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Volatile — Vol a*tile, a. [F. volatil, L. volatilis, fr. volare to fly, perhaps akin to velox swift, E. velocity. Cf. {Volley}.] 1. Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly. [Obs.] [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Volatile alkali — Volatile Vol a*tile, a. [F. volatil, L. volatilis, fr. volare to fly, perhaps akin to velox swift, E. velocity. Cf. {Volley}.] 1. Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly. [Obs.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Volatile liniment — Volatile Vol a*tile, a. [F. volatil, L. volatilis, fr. volare to fly, perhaps akin to velox swift, E. velocity. Cf. {Volley}.] 1. Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly. [Obs.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Volatile oils — Volatile Vol a*tile, a. [F. volatil, L. volatilis, fr. volare to fly, perhaps akin to velox swift, E. velocity. Cf. {Volley}.] 1. Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly. [Obs.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
volatile — 01. The situation in the region is [volatile], and the military has been put on full alert. 02. The airplanes that crashed into the World Trade Center in New York were carrying tanks filled with highly [volatile] jet fuel, which caused the huge… … Grammatical examples in English
volatile — [[t]vɒ̱lətaɪl, AM t(ə)l[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED A situation that is volatile is likely to change suddenly and unexpectedly. There have been riots before and the situation is volatile... The international oil markets have been highly volatile since the … English dictionary
volatile — I. adjective Etymology: French, from Latin volatilis, from volare to fly Date: 1605 1. readily vaporizable at a relatively low temperature 2. flying or having the power to fly 3. a. lighthearted, lively b. easily aroused < volatile suspici … New Collegiate Dictionary
temper — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 tendency to become angry easily ADJECTIVE ▪ bad, explosive, fierce, fiery, hot, nasty, terrible, violent, volatile … Collocations dictionary
volatile — vol•a•tile [[t]ˈvɒl ə tl, tɪl[/t]] esp. brit. [[t] ˌtaɪl[/t]] adj. 1) chem. evaporating rapidly; passing off readily in the form of vapor: Acetone is a volatile solvent[/ex] 2) tending or threatening to break out into open violence; explosive: a… … From formal English to slang
volatile — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ become ▪ remain ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc … Collocations dictionary
vol´a|tile|ness — vol|a|tile «VOL uh tuhl», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. evaporating rapidly at ordinary temperatures; changing into vapor easily: »Gasoline is volatile. 2. Figurative. changing rapidly from one mood or interest to another; fickle; frivolous: »He has… … Useful english dictionary