Usually means: Temporary stability in unstable system.
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  1. metastability: Merriam-Webster
  2. metastability: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. metastability: Collins English Dictionary
  4. metastability: Vocabulary.com
  5. metastability: Wordnik
  6. metastability: Wiktionary
  7. metastability: Dictionary.com
  8. Metastability (electronics): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. metastability: Rhymezone
  10. metastability: FreeDictionary.org
  11. metastability: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. metastability: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. Metastability: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. metastability: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. metastability: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. metastability: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (metastability)

noun:  An unstable but potentially long-lived state of a system; for example, a supersaturated solution or an excited atom.

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