Metastability
STABLE STATE OF A DYNAMICAL SYSTEM OTHER THAN THE SYSTEM'S STATE OF LEAST ENERGY
Metastable; Metastable State; Metastability in molecules; Unstable Molecules; Quasistability; Quasistable; Metastable molecule; Metastable state; Metastable phase; Local stability; Global stability; Meta-stable; Kinetic stability; Kinetically stable; Unstable molecules
In chemistry and physics, metastability denotes an intermediate energetic state within a dynamical system other than the system's state of least energy.