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| + | [[Image:metastable.png|300px|thumb|Depiction of metastable state. (Image from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metastability Wikipedia] ]] | ||
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Introduction
A metastable state is a state of a system which is stable over one time-scale and unstable over another timescale. It represents a local, but not global, minimum in the energy landscape of the system.
Depiction of metastable state. (Image from Wikipedia
