labile
pronunciation
How to pronounce labile in British English:
UK ['leɪbaɪl]
How to pronounce labile in American English:
US [ˈleˌbaɪl, -bəl]
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- Adjective:
- open to change; liable to change
- (chemistry, physics, biology) readily undergoing change or breakdown
Word Origin
Example
- 1. The truth about a versailles shepherdess was , to put it mildly , more labile .
- 2. Effect of soil labile organic matter and carbon management index under the closure in eroded hilly loess plateau .
- 3. The content of cadmium in radix isatidis was positively related to labile cadmium in the soil .
- 4. Society would be organised around this vast ' normal ' labile majority . Perhaps people would even be socialised into experiencing and channelling their moodswings in acceptable ways as other universal attributes like sexuality are .
- 5. A six-year field plot experiment of rice-wheat rotation was conducted to study the effects of straw application and earthworm inoculation on cropland soil organic carbon and labile organic carbon .