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unstable
English
Etymology
un- +? stable
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?ste?b??/
- Rhymes: -e?b?l
Adjective
unstable (comparative more unstable, superlative most unstable)
- Having a strong tendency to change.
- Fluctuating; not constant.
- Fickle.
- Unpredictable.
- (chemistry) Readily decomposable.
- (physics) Radioactive, especially with a short half-life.
Synonyms
- (having strong tendency to change): labile
- (fluctuating, not constant): instable (rare); see also Thesaurus:unsteady
- (fickle): arbitrary, capricious
- (not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over): tottering, unsteady, wobbly; see also Thesaurus:rickety
Antonyms
- stable
Related terms
- instability
- unstability (rare)
Translations
Verb
unstable (third-person singular simple present unstables, present participle unstabling, simple past and past participle unstabled)
- (transitive) To release (an animal) from a stable.
Anagrams
- abluents, ant-blues, bleaunts, blue ants, tunables, unablest
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aberrant
English
Etymology
From Latin aberr?ns, present active participle of aberr? (“go astray; err”), from ab (“from”) + err? (“to wander”). See aberr.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?.?b?.??nt/, /?æ.b?.??nt/
- (US) IPA(key): /?.?b?.??nt/, /?æ.b?.??nt/
Adjective
aberrant (comparative more aberrant, superlative most aberrant)
- Differing from the norm. [First attested sometime between the mid 16th century and the early 17th century.]
- (sometimes figuratively) Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
- (botany, zoology) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
Synonyms
- (differing from the norm): abnormal, exceptional, unusual; see also Thesaurus:strange
- (straying from the right way): devious, errant, immoral; see also Thesaurus:immoral
- (deviating from the natural type):
Antonyms
- (differing from the norm): normal, regular, true; see also Thesaurus:normal
- (straying from the right way): correct, right, straight; see also Thesaurus:virtuous
- (deviating from the natural type): continuous
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
aberrant (plural aberrants)
- A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.
- (biology) A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number.
Synonyms
- (thing deviating from the group): deviant, freak; see also Thesaurus:anomaly
- (thing deviating from the natural type):
Translations
References
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin aberr?ns, present active participle of aberr? (“go astray; err”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /?.b??rant/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?.b??ran/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.be?rant/
Adjective
aberrant (masculine and feminine plural aberrants)
- aberrant
- (pathology) aberrant (indicating an organ or other tissue which is not in its expected location)
Related terms
- aberració
- aberrància
Further reading
- “aberrant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
From Latin aberrant-, stem of aberr?ns, present active participle of aberr? (“go astray; err”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.b?.???/
Adjective
aberrant (feminine singular aberrante, masculine plural aberrants, feminine plural aberrantes)
- aberrant, abnormal or anomalous
- (sciences) which is impossible according to the norms or rules
Related terms
- aberrer
Further reading
- “aberrant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Etymology
From Latin aberr?ns, present active participle of aberr? (“go astray; err”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ant
Adjective
aberrant (comparative aberranter, superlative am aberrantesten)
- aberrant
Declension
Further reading
- “aberrant” in Duden online
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a?ber.rant/, [ä?b?r?än?t?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a?ber.rant/, [??b?r??n?t?]
Verb
aberrant
- third-person plural present active indicative of aberr?
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin aberr?ns (“wandering, straying or deviating from”), present active participle of aberr? (“I wander, stray; aberr”), from both ab- (“from, away from”), from ab (“from, away from, of”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h?epó (“off, away”) + and from err? (“I wander, astray; err”), from Proto-Italic *erz?? (“to roam, wander; go astray, waver”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?ers-eh?-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ers- (“to flow”). Doublet of aberrasjon.
The noun is a substantivisation of the adjective, with the same etymology.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ab??rant/
- Rhymes: -ant
- Hyphenation: ab?err?ant
Adjective
aberrant (neuter singular aberrant, definite singular and plural aberrante, comparative mer aberrant, superlative mest aberrant)
- (especially medicine) aberrant (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal)
Noun
aberrant m (definite singular aberranten, indefinite plural aberranter, definite plural aberrantene)
- (botany, zoology) an aberrant (a group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number)
References
- “aberrant” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “aberrant” in Store norske leksikon
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