volatility

volatility

English

Etymology

volatile +‎ -ity

Noun

volatility (countable and uncountable, plural volatilities)

1. The state of being volatile
   1. (uncountable) The state of having a low boiling point and evaporating readily
   2. (computing, uncountable) The state of not retaining data in the absence of power.
   3. (uncountable) The state of being able to fly.
   4. (uncountable) The state of being unpredictable
   5. (finance, countable) A quantification of the degree of uncertainty about the future price of a commodity, share, or other financial product

Translations

state of being volatile

Catalan: volatilitat f Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: volatiliteetti Galician: volatilidade (gl) f Georgian: ცვალებადობა (cvalebadoba), არამდგრადობა (aramdgradoba), არასტაბილურობა (arasṭabiluroba), მერყეობა (merq̇eoba)

Irish: luaineacht f Manx: so-ghaalaght f Portuguese: volatilidade (pt) f Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: volatilidad f

state of having a low boiling point

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Czech: prchavost f Finnish: volatiilisuus, haihtuvuus German: Volatilität (de) f, Flüchtigkeit (de) f

Japanese: 揮発性 (kihatsusei) Manx: so-ghaalaght f Romanian: volatilitate (ro) f Russian: please add this translation if you can

computing: state of not retaining data

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: volatiilisuus

Japanese: 揮発性 (kihatsusei) Russian: please add this translation if you can

state of being able to fly

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: lentokykyisyys

Japanese: 飛行性 (hikosei) Russian: please add this translation if you can

state of being unpredictable

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: arvaamattomuus (fi), ennustamattomuus, ailahtelevaisuus, epävakaisuus (fi) Georgian: ცვალებადობა (cvalebadoba), მერყეობა (merq̇eoba), არამდგრადობა (aramdgradoba)

Japanese: 予測不能性 (yosoku-funōsei) Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: volatilidad f

financial markets: quantification of the degree of uncertainty about the future price

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Czech: volatilita f Finnish: volatiliteetti Georgian: ცვალებადობა (cvalebadoba), არასტაბილურობა (arasṭabiluroba), არამდგრადობა (aramdgradoba)

German: Volatilität (de) f Japanese: 変動性 (hendōsei) Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: volatilidad f Swedish: volatilitet (sv) c

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Italian: volatilità f (all senses)