volatility
Definitions
Aviation
- noun the ease with which a liquid changes into a gas or vapour
Banking
Cars & Driving
Computing
- noun the number of records that are added or deleted from a computer system compared to the total number in store
Construction
- The tendency of a substance to vaporize, or "escape," from the liquid phase or from the surface of a solid to the vapor phase.
Economics
- The extent to which an economic variable, such as a price or an exchange rate, moves up and down over time.
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