(chemistry) The act or process of making labile, that is, of making unstable.

plural of labilization

Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize. / Apt or likely to change. / (chemistry, of a compound or bond) Kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved (and possibly reformed).

(uncountable) The state of being labile. / (countable) A susceptibility to change; instability.

plural of lability

simple past tense and past participle of labilize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of labilize

present participle of labilize

(chemistry, transitive, intransitive) To make or become labile (i.e. unstable).

(grammar) A transitive verb, such as break, burn, boil, open, start, change, or assimilate, which may be used intransitively with the object of the action as the subject.