metaestable
Spanish, adjective/metaesˈtable/
metaestable is spelled M-E-T-A-E-S-T-A-B-L-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 79 million words in written Spanish, the 308,039th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Metaestable is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “metastable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dicho de un proceso o sistema: que alcanzó un equilibrio endeble y que es suceptible de desplazarse hacia…”.
What does metaestable mean in English?
adjective
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dicho de un proceso o sistema: que alcanzó un equilibrio endeble y que es suceptible de desplazarse hacia otro equilibrio más estable ante la mínima perturbación.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of metaestable
- metaestables feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce metaestable?
- /metaesˈtable/
- [me.t̪a.esˈt̪a.β̞le]
- [met̪aesˈt̪aβ̞le]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to metaestable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is metaestable in Spanish?
metaestable appears about once in every 79 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).