labile
IPA: ɫˈɑbʌɫ
adjective
- Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.
- Apt or likely to change.
- (chemistry, of a compound or bond) Kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved (and possibly reformed).
- (linguistics, of a verb) Able to change valency without changing its form; especially, able to be used both transitively and intransitively without changing its form.
Examples of "labile" in Sentences
- Her ideology was somewhat labile.
- Labile affect is unstable display of emotion.
- Skin coloration in humans is adaptive and labile.
- The ligands employed are labile and are weakly coordinating.
- It is still used for the oxidation of acid labile substrates.
- The fourth coordination position is taken up by a labile water molecule.
- Heat labile enterotoxin is a type of labile toxin found in Escherichia coli.
- The actions of the person lack consistency and the emotional life is labile.
- It is heat labile in acidic environments and may also be subject to oxidation.
- Is truth just a subjective, labile thing that no one can but interpret and never state objectively?
- One is that the internal muscle has become very labile, meaning any little input inside the anus causes it to relax.
- I would, however, dispute the claim that he’s paranoid … and claiming that he’s emotionally labile is quite frankly laughable.
- Or, conversely, how in the world do we believe Boehner, known for expressing a notably labile --unstable display of emotion -- style and behavior?
- Lying on the table, stuck full of needles in a room painted soft peach, with monks softly chanting in the background, my mind wandered to the acupuncturist's use of the word "labile" in our pre-treatment conversation and the realization that labile and labial were not the same word.
- Lou said … hey no problems, i'd be pleased to help if i can: o) i spent several years trying to convince my previous diabetic team to let me have one and then gave up, because basically they said I was non compliant (which I wasn't I just had "labile" diabetes I think that used to be called 'brittle') so it was too expensive to basically 'waste' on me.
- Louisa said … hey no problems, i'd be pleased to help if i can: o) i spent several years trying to convince my previous diabetic team to let me have one and then gave up, because basically they said I was non compliant (which I wasn't I just had "labile" diabetes I think that used to be called 'brittle') so it was too expensive to basically 'waste' on me.