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nonvolatile

nonvolatile \nonvolatile\ adj. not readily evaporated. Opposite of volatile.

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nonvolatile

a. Not volatile (in any sense).

WordNet
nonvolatile

adj. not volatilizing readily; "a nonvolatile acid" [syn: nonvolatilizable, nonvolatilisable] [ant: volatile]

Usage examples of "nonvolatile".

The street entered a plaza, where a fountain threw jets of nonvolatile liquids, stained different colors, high into the air.

Then for nonvolatile organic compounds that would be unusual in her system -- also negative.

Counting taxes, that would be eight bucks and change for a complete digital recording playback device that contained enough nonvolatile memory to record ten seconds of audio at a capture rate of, he guessed, around 11 kilohertz.