instability

English

From Middle French instabilité, from Latin instabilitas.

Morphologically in- +‎ stability.

instability (countable and uncountable, plural instabilities)

(uncountable) The quality of being unstable.
(physics, countable) A state that is not in equilibrium, or in which a small change has a large irreversible effect.

quality of being unstable

Asturian: inestabilidá f
Catalan: inestabilitat f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 不穩定／不稳定 (bù wěndìng), 不穩定性／不稳定性 (bù wěndìng xìng), 不穩固／不稳固 (bù wěngù), 不穩固性／不稳固性 (bù wěngù xìng)
Dutch: instabiliteit (nl) f
Finnish: epävakaus
French: instabilité (fr) f
Galician: inestabilidade (gl) f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Instabilität (de) f
Greek:
Ancient: ἀκαταστασία f (akatastasía)
Irish: éagobhsaíocht f
Italian: instabilità (it) f, dissesto (it) m
Latin: instabilitas f
Malay: ketidakstabilan
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ustabilitet m
Nynorsk: ustabilitet m
Persian: ناپایداری‎ (fa) (nâpâydâri)
Polish: niestabilność (pl) f
Portuguese: instabilidade (pt) f
Russian: нестаби́льность (ru) f (nestabílʹnostʹ), неусто́йчивость (ru) f (neustójčivostʹ), непро́чность (ru) f (nepróčnostʹ), непостоя́нство (ru) n (nepostojánstvo), зы́бкость (ru) f (zýbkostʹ), неуравнове́шенность (ru) f (neuravnovéšennostʹ)
Spanish: inestabilidad (es) f
Tajik: нопойдорӣ (nopoydorī)
Ukrainian: нестабі́льність f (nestabílʹnistʹ), несті́йкість f (nestíjkistʹ)

physical state

Chinese:
Mandarin: 不穩定／不稳定 (bù wěndìng), 不穩定性／不稳定性 (bù wěndìng xìng), 不穩固／不稳固 (bù wěngù), 不穩固性／不稳固性 (bù wěngù xìng)
Dutch: instabiliteit (nl) f
Finnish: epätasapaino (fi)
German: Instabilität (de) f
Greek:
Ancient: ἀκαταστασία f (akatastasía)
Malay: ketidakstabilan
Russian: неусто́йчивость (ru) f (neustójčivostʹ), непро́чность (ru) f (nepróčnostʹ)
Spanish: inestabilidad (es) f