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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: (of physical systems) continuing in its present state of equilibrium unless sufficiently disturbed to pass to a more stable state of equilibrium

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1897 having or characterized by only a slight margin of stability <a metastable compound> • metastability noun • metastably adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 (of a state of equilibrium) stable only under small disturbances. 2 passing to another state so slowly as to seem stable. Derivatives: metastability n.