metastability n the quality of a physical system that persists in its existing equilibrium when undisturbed (or only slightly disturbed) but able to pass to a more stable equilibrium when sufficiently disturbed
News & Articles metastability Dealing with SoC metastability problems due to Reset Domain Crossing Dealing with metastability conditions in system on chip designs caused by problems related to reset domain crossing (RDC). Nov. 11, 2013 - Embedded Systems Design