volatile

volátil, inestable

Que puede cambiar de repente o volverse rápidamente furioso, violento o peligroso.

En inglés sencillo: Likely to change suddenly or become angry, violent, or dangerous quickly.

• The situation remains volatile.
• His volatile temper makes people nervous.
• Prices have been volatile since the crisis began.

Sinónimos: unstable, unpredictable, changeable

Antónimos: stable

Expresiones frecuentes: a volatile situation, volatile markets, a volatile temper

volátil

Que pasa fácilmente de estado líquido o sólido a gaseoso.

En inglés sencillo: Changing easily from a liquid or solid into a gas.

• Alcohol is a volatile liquid.
• Keep volatile solvents in closed containers.
• Heat causes the volatile compounds to escape into the air.

Antónimos: nonvolatile

Expresiones frecuentes: volatile liquids, a volatile solvent, volatile compounds

variable volátil

Variable de un programa cuyo valor debe leerse o actualizarse directamente porque puede cambiar de forma inesperada.

En inglés sencillo: A programming variable whose stored value must be read or updated directly because it may change unexpectedly.

• The compiler treats this variable as a volatile.
• Reading a volatile retrieves its current stored value.
• This hardware register is represented by a volatile.

Expresiones frecuentes: declare a volatile, read a volatile, write a volatile