nonvolatile

adjective

non·​vol·​a·​tile ˌnän-ˈvä-lə-tᵊl 

: not volatile: such as

a

: not vaporizing readily

a nonvolatile solvent

b

of a computer memory : retaining data when power is shut off

Examples of nonvolatile in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The device may contain crash data in nonvolatile memory, and it has been shipped off to its manufacturer to see what, if anything, can be recovered. —Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 12 Mar. 2025

More work will follow, as the collaboration pushes ahead along three fronts: doing more complex processing, understanding how best to expand the array, and miniaturizing devices with nonvolatile control loops. —IEEE Spectrum, 4 Mar. 2025

Given the results and the much greater network performance demands expected from speedier processors, RAM, and nonvolatile storage, Ethernet’s limited performance was a serious problem. —IEEE Spectrum, 7 Apr. 2024

That boost is much needed because nonvolatile memories have an inherent level of programming noise. —IEEE Spectrum, 20 Nov. 2021

While the vast majority of terrorist financing is still coming through fiat currency, the move to Tether—which is pegged to the U.S. dollar—reflects illicit actors’ search for nonvolatile assets, according to the Binance investigator. —Byleo Schwartz, Fortune Crypto, 29 June 2023

On its face, this sounds like great news for the crypto industry, large segments of which rely on the stablecoin as a nonvolatile place to park their wealth. —Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 11 May 2023

At each cross point, a nonvolatile memory cell encodes the weight as conductance. —IEEE Spectrum, 20 Nov. 2021

Tongue-flicks with oscillations meet all the criteria for being adapted to the collection of odorants; simple downward extensions appear better suited for the rapid pick up of nonvolatile chemical stimuli from the substrate or a food item. —Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 18 Nov. 2013

Word History

First Known Use

1844, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for nonvolatile

• volatile

Medical Definition

nonvolatile

adjective

non·​vol·​a·​tile

-ˈväl-ət-ᵊl, especially British -ə-ˌtīl

: not volatile