Literary notes about volatility (AI summary)
The term "volatility" is employed across literary works with a rich array of meanings. At times it denotes a measurable physical property, such as the tendency of oils, metals, and chemicals to evaporate or react under heat [1, 2, 3, 4]. In other contexts, it conveys abstract qualities—capturing the fleeting, unpredictable nature of emotions or temperament, whether referring to the capricious mood of youth or the sudden shifts in human behavior [5, 6, 7, 8]. The concept is also extended to economic and scientific discussions, where it describes the fluctuating values seen in financial markets and the intrinsic instability of certain substances [9, 10, 11]. This multifaceted usage imbues the word with a dynamic character that bridges the physical and metaphorical realms.
- Hence, after a lapse of 7 days {512} we will have before us 7 bouquets, of different odor, according to the volatility of the oils contained in them.
— from Henley's Twentieth Century Formulas, Recipes and Processes - Its complete volatility may be easily determined by heating, in the flame of a candle, a small fragment held on the point of a knife.
— from Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I by Richard Vine Tuson - The mixture should be prepared in glass carboys immediately before use, because of the volatility of ammonia.
— from The Manufacture of Chocolate and other Cacao Preparations by Paul Zipperer - The employment of ether as a solvent is impracticable because of its low boiling point, 97° F., and great volatility.
— from Henley's Twentieth Century Formulas, Recipes and Processes - She did not, indeed, expect Lily to remain equally immovable: she had all the American guardian's indulgence for the volatility of youth.
— from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton - There was by nature a certain fidgety, capricious volatility about her that defied everything like a regular pursuit or a continued purpose.
— from The Daltons; Or, Three Roads In Life. Volume I (of II) by Charles James Lever - I was now carried away by the volatility and light-heartedness of youth.
— from The Devil's Elixir, Vol. 2 (of 2) by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann - Something of extreme youth clings to his books—its zestfulness, curiosity, indiscriminateness, and its unregretful volatility.
— from The London Mercury, Vol. I, Nos. 1-6, November 1919 to April 1920 by Various - Interest rate volatility created a mismatch between the assets of these associations and their liabilities.
— from Financial Crime and Corruption by Samuel Vaknin - But, if so, why the volatility in share prices, i.e., why are share prices distributed?
— from Financial Crime and Corruption by Samuel Vaknin - The market price of a share reflects its discounted expected capital gains, the discount rate being its volatility.
— from Financial Crime and Corruption by Samuel Vaknin
