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volatility

  • /ˌvɒl.əˈtɪl.ə.ti/ UK
  • /ˌvɑ.ləˈtɪl.ə.ti/ Atlantic Canada, US
  • [ˌvɑ.ləˈtɪl.ə.ɾi] Atlantic Canada, US
  • /ˌvɒl.əˈtɪl.ə.ti/ Boston, Canada, Maine
  • /ˌvɔl.əˈtɪl.ə.ti/ Australia
  • [ˌvɔl.əˈtɪl.ə.ɾi] Australia
  • /ˌvɒl.əˈtəl.ə.ti/ New Zealand
  • [ˌvɔ̟l.əˈtəl.ə.ɾi] New Zealand

noun volatilities

  1. countable, uncountable The state of being volatile.
  2. uncountable The state of having a low boiling point and evaporating readily.
  3. uncountable The state of not retaining data in the absence of power.
  4. uncountable The state of being able to fly.
  5. uncountable The state of being unpredictable.
  6. countable A quantification of the degree of uncertainty about the future price of a commodity, share, or other financial product. The recent volatility has come with the S&P 500 hovering just above bear market territory, or a 20 percent drop from its most recent high.

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Closest in meaning: unpredictability, excitability, excitableness, lability, vacillation, unstable, instability, precariousness, uncertainty, hesitation, irregularity, destabilisation, destabilization, inconsistency, turmoil, unreliability

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noun state of being volatile

Españolvolatilidad
中文揮發性 /挥发性 huīfāxìng
Portuguêsvolatilidade
Ελληνικάμεταβλητότητα metavlitótita
Русскийлетучесть letúčest'

noun state of having a low boiling point

日本語揮発性 kihatsusei
中文揮發性 /挥发性 huīfāxìng
DeutschVolatilität, Flüchtigkeit
Românăvolatilitate

noun computing: state of not retaining data

日本語揮発性 kihatsusei
Русскийэнергозависимый energozavisimost'

noun state of being able to fly

日本語飛行性 hikosei

noun state of being unpredictable

Españolvolatilidad
日本語予測不能性 yosoku-funōsei
Русскийнестабильный nestabilʹnyj, непредсказуемый nepredskazujemyj

noun financial markets: quantification of the degree of uncertainty about the future price

Españolvolatilidad
日本語変動性 hendōsei
DeutschVolatilität
Русскийволатильность volatil'nost'

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@misc{volatility_2026,
  title = {volatility},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/volatility},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}