English-Thai Dictionary

volatile

ADJ ที่ ผ่านพ้น ไป อย่างรวดเร็ว  ที่อยู่ เพียง ชั่ว พัก เดียว  ti-pan-pon-pai-yang-ruad-reo

 

volatile

ADJ ที่ ระเหย เป็น ไอ ได้ รวดเร็ว  ปะทุ ง่าย  ระเบิด ง่าย  evaporative;vaporing ti-ra-hoi-pen-i-dai-ruad-reo

 

volatile

ADJ ที่ เปลี่ยนแปลง ได้ ง่าย  ที่ ไม่แน่ นอน  changeable inconsistent consistent inflexible ti-pian-plang-dai-ngai

 

volatile

ADJ ปะทุ ง่าย  ระเบิด ง่าย  pa-ta-ngai

 

volatile

N สารระเหย  san-ra-hoi

 

volatileness

N การ ระเหย เป็น ไอ ได้ รวดเร็ว  kan-ra-hoi-pen-i-dai-ruad-reo

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VOLATILE

a.[L. volatilis, from volo, to fly. ] 1. Flying; passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere.
2. Having the power to fly; as birds are volatile animals.
3. Capable of wasting away, or of easily passing into the aeriform state. Thus substances which affect the smell with pungent or fragrant odors, as musk, hartshorn and essential oils, are called volatile substances, because they waste away on exposure to the atmosphere. Alcohol and ether are called volatile liquids for a similar reason, and because they easily pass into the state of vapor on the application of heat. On the contrary, gold is a fixed substance, because it does not suffer waste even when exposed to the heat of a furnace; and oils are called fixed, when they do not evaporate on simple exposure to the atmosphere.
4. Lively; gay; full of spirit; airy; hence, fickle; apt to change; as a volatile temper.
You are as giddy and volatile as ever.

 

VOLATILE

n.A winged animal. [little used. ]

 

VOLATILENESS, VOLATILITY

n. 1. Disposition to exhale or evaporate; the quality of being capable of evaporation; that property of a substance which disposes it to rise and float in the air, and thus to be dissipated; as the volatility of fluids. Ether is remarkable for its volatility. Many or most solid bodies are susceptible of volatility by the action of intense heat.
By the spirit of a plant we understand that pure elaborated oil, which by reason of its extreme volatility, exhales spontaneously, and in which the odor or smell consists.
2. Great sprightliness; levity; liveliness; whence, mutability of mind; fickleness; as the volatility of youth.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

VOLATILE

Vol "a *tile, a. Etym: [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. ]

 

2. Capable of wasting away, or of easily passing into the aëriform state; subject to evaporation.

 

Note: Substances which affect the smell with pungent or fragrant odors, as musk, hartshorn, and essential oils, are called volatile substances, because they waste away on exposure to the atmosphere. Alcohol and ether are called volatile liquids for a similar reason, and because they easily pass into the state of vapor on the application of heat. On the contrary, gold is a fixed substance, because it does not suffer waste, even when exposed to the heat of a furnace; and oils are called fixed when they do not evaporate on simple exposure to the atmosphere.

 

3. Fig. : Light-hearted; easily affected by circumstances; airy; lively; hence, changeable; fickle; as, a volatile temper. You are as giddy and volatile as ever. Swift. Volatile alkali. (Old Chem. ) See under Alkali. -- Volatile liniment, a liniment composed of sweet oil and ammonia, so called from the readiness with which the latter evaporates. -- Volatile oils. (Chem. ) See Essential oils, under Essential.

 

VOLATILE

Vol "a *tile, n. Etym: [Cf. F. volatile. ]

 

Defn: A winged animal; wild fowl; game. [Obs. ] Chaucer. Sir T. Browne.

 

VOLATILENESS; VOLATILITY

Vol "a *tile *ness, Vol `a *til "i *ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. volatilité. ]

 

Defn: Quality or state of being volatile; disposition to evaporate; changeableness; fickleness.

 

Syn. -- See Levity.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

volatile

vol a tile |ˈvälətl ˈvɑlədl | ▶adjective 1 (of a substance ) easily evaporated at normal temperatures. 2 liable to change rapidly and unpredictably, esp. for the worse: the political situation was becoming more volatile. • (of a person ) liable to display rapid changes of emotion. • (of a computer's memory ) retaining data only as long as there is a power supply connected. ▶noun (usu. volatiles ) a volatile substance. DERIVATIVES vol a til i ty |ˌväləˈtilitē |noun ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘creature that flies, ’ also, as a collective, ‘birds ’): from Old French volatil or Latin volatilis, from volare ‘to fly. ’

 

volatile oil

vol a tile oil ▶noun another term for essential oil.

 

Oxford Dictionary

volatile

volatile |ˈvɒlətʌɪl | ▶adjective 1 (of a substance ) easily evaporated at normal temperatures. 2 liable to change rapidly and unpredictably, especially for the worse: the political situation was becoming more volatile. • (of a person ) liable to display rapid changes of emotion. 3 (of a computer's memory ) retaining data only as long as there is a power supply connected. ▶noun (usu. volatiles ) a volatile substance. DERIVATIVES volatility |-ˈtɪlɪti |noun ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘creature that flies ’, also, as a collective, ‘birds ’): from Old French volatil or Latin volatilis, from volare ‘to fly ’.

 

volatile oil

vola |tile oil ▶noun another term for essential oil.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

volatile

volatile adjective 1 a volatile personality: unpredictable, changeable, variable, inconstant, inconsistent, erratic, irregular, unstable, turbulent, blowing hot and cold, varying, shifting, fluctuating, fluid, mutable; mercurial, capricious, whimsical, fickle, flighty, impulsive, temperamental, high-strung, excitable, emotional, fiery, moody, tempestuous. ANTONYMS stable, constant. 2 the atmosphere is too volatile for an election: tense, strained, fraught, uneasy, uncomfortable, charged, explosive, inflammatory, turbulent; informal nail-biting, ready to blow. ANTONYMS stable, calm. 3 a volatile organic compound: evaporative, vaporous; explosive, inflammable; unstable, labile. ANTONYMS stable.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

volatile

volatile adjective 1 her sister was headstrong and volatile: unpredictable, changeable, variable, inconstant, inconsistent, uncertain, erratic, irregular, unstable, turbulent, unsteady, unsettled, unreliable, undependable, changing, ever-changing, varying, shifting, fluctuating, fluid, mutable, protean, fitful, wavering, full of ups and downs; mercurial, capricious, whimsical, fickle, flighty, giddy, impulsive, wayward, temperamental, highly strung, excitable, emotional, overemotional, fiery, moody, choleric, stormy, tempestuous, volcanic; informal blowing hot and cold; technical labile; rare fluctuant, changeful. ANTONYMS stable, constant. 2 the atmosphere in the capital seems far too volatile for any talk of elections: tense, strained, fraught, uneasy, uncomfortable, charged, explosive, eruptive, inflammatory, turbulent, in turmoil, full of upheavals; informal hairy, nail-biting, white-knuckle; Brit. informal dodgy. ANTONYMS stable, calm. 3 a plume of pollution caused by a volatile organic compound: evaporative, vaporous, vaporescent; explosive, eruptive, inflammable; unstable; technical labile.

 

French Dictionary

volatile

volatile n. m. nom masculin Oiseau domestique. : La basse-cour regorgeait de volatiles. Note Orthographique volati l e.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

volatile

vol a tile /vɑ́lət (ə )l |vɔ́lətàɪl /形容詞 1 〈液体 油が 〉揮発性の ; 爆発しやすい .2 〈人 性格などが 〉変わりやすい, 移り気の, 気まぐれな ; はかない .3 〈政治 市場などが 〉不安定な, 爆発寸前の .