volatility
Definitions
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WordNet 3.6
- n volatility being easily excited
- n volatility the trait of being unpredictably irresolute "the volatility of the market drove many investors away"
- n volatility the property of changing readily from a solid or liquid to a vapor
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Interesting fact: 'Crack' is the street name given to cocaine that has been processed from cocaine hydrochloride to a free base for smoking. Rather than requiring the more volatile method of processing cocaine using ether, crack cocaine is processed with ammonia or sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) and water and heated to remove the hydrochloride, thus producing a form of cocaine that can be smoked.
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- n Volatility Quality or state of being volatile; disposition to evaporate; changeableness; fickleness.
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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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- n volatility The character of being volatile or of having the power of flight.
- n volatility The state or property of being volatile; disposition to exhale or evaporate; that property of a substance which disposes it to become more or less freely or rapidly diffused and wasted in the atmosphere; capability of evaporating, or being dissipated at ordinary atmospheric temperatures: as, the volatility of ether, alcohol, ammonia, or the essential oils.
- n volatility The character of being volatile; frivolous, flighty, or giddy behavior; mutability of mind; levity; flightiness; fickleness: as, the volatility of youth.
- n volatility Synonyms Lightness, Frivolity, etc. (see levity), instability, giddiness.
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Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
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- ns Volatility quality of being volatile: disposition to evaporate rapidly: sprightliness: fickleness
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Quotations
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“As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold.” -
“It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness.” -
“The volatile truth of our words should continually betray the inadequacy of the residual statement.”
Etymology
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Cf. F. volatilité,
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
Fr.,—L. volans, antis, pr.p. of volāre, to fly.
Usage
In literature:
The French are volatile and material; they are not very capable of attachment to principles.
"A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, Complete" by An English Lady
Not being of so volatile a nature as the others he remained patiently with me for half an hour.
"Narrative Of The Voyage Of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By The Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During The Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries And Surveys In New Guinea, The Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. To Which Is Added The Account Of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition For The Exploration Of The Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist To The Expedition. In Two Volumes. Volume 1." by John MacGillivray
At Prospect Hill a woman was bitten by a snake; but by the timely application of some volatile salts by Mr. Irving, her life was saved.
"An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Vol. 1" by David Collins
The audience hurled things at Mr. Hubbell, and these were the only volatile objects.
"The Book of Dreams and Ghosts" by Andrew Lang
Yes: but how does that explain volatile pots and pans?
"Cock Lane and Common-Sense" by Andrew Lang
The more volatile parts of these bituminous bodies are found in their separate state on some occasions.
"Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4)" by James Hutton
Associated words: volatile, volatility, volatilize, evaporable.
"Putnam's Word Book" by Louis A. Flemming
You must be quick, for it is very volatile.
"Mr. Isaacs" by F. Marion Crawford
But the economy was still volatile.
"Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed." by S. A. Reilly
Aluminum, however, seems exempt from this volatility.
"Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891" by Various
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In poetry:
The sacred page my state describes
From volatile and reptile tribes;
From ugly vipers, beauteous birds;
From soaring hosts, and swinish herds.
From volatile and reptile tribes;
From ugly vipers, beauteous birds;
From soaring hosts, and swinish herds.
"The Believer's Riddle; or, the Mystery of Faith" by Ralph Erskine
Take mountebanks, prancers,
Fops, fiddlers, and dancers,
So volatile, versatile, nimble; Pimps, parasites, spyers, Apostates, rogues, liars,
State coblers; and knights of the thimble.
Fops, fiddlers, and dancers,
So volatile, versatile, nimble; Pimps, parasites, spyers, Apostates, rogues, liars,
State coblers; and knights of the thimble.
"Recipe To make A French Legion of Honour" by Thomas Stott
In news:
Volatile currencies and squeezed information technology budgets made for a so-so year for the country's outsourcing giants.
Virginia's new voters have made it even more volatile than it was before.
Putting a high technology company up for sale is never an easy proposition, let alone during the time of economic volatility that has been seen in the past several years.
In these days of volatile political ads, fact checkers are used to sort out inaccuracies.
Since that time, volatility has dominated equity markets, with three drawdowns in excess of 15% (56.8%, 19.4% and 16%).
Analysts say the volatility reflects uncertainty about the economy.
The stock market's recent volatility may tempt some investors to seek alternative investments for higher returns.
Investing in a new helicopter is not a decision to be made lightly–especially for a mom-and-pop operation working in a particularly volatile market sector.
People on both sides of one of the world's most volatile borders are breathing a bit easier these days.
Economic cycles and volatility are here to stay.
Cattle market should remain strong, volatile.
Health care continues to be a volatile issue in American and Monday Gov Robert Bentley declined to sign Alabamians up for parts of the proposed initiative.
Proposed expansion would increase volatility and potentially reduce liquidity.
Climate Change Main Contributor to Corn Volatility, Study Says.
Potential for market volatility is 'extreme,' says Farm Bureau economist.
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In science:
In this paper, we show one way to bring the Heston model into the realm of multi-scale stochastic volatility models without sacrificing analytic tractability.
A Fast Mean-Reverting Correction to Heston's Stochastic Volatility Model
Thus, the multi-scale model can be thought of as a Heston-like model with a fast-varying factor of volatility, f (Yt ), build on top of the CIR process Zt , which drives the volatility in the Heston Model.
A Fast Mean-Reverting Correction to Heston's Stochastic Volatility Model
P ǫ By setting V ǫ 1 = 0, P ǫ = PH , and the resulting implied volatility surface, obtained by inverting Black-Scholes formula, corresponds to the implied volatility surface produced by the Heston model.
A Fast Mean-Reverting Correction to Heston's Stochastic Volatility Model
In Figures 2 through 8, we plot the implied volatilities of call options on the market, as well as the calibrated implied volatility curves for the Heston and multi-scale models.
A Fast Mean-Reverting Correction to Heston's Stochastic Volatility Model
Such an extension constitutes the simplest stochastic volatility model within the BHM framework, which is shown to give sufficient flexibility to calibrate volatility surfaces.
Asset pricing with random information flow
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