bistability

Caveat: It's not clear if the periods of neuronal off-time reflect the capacity of neurons to exist in two states, a phenomenon known as bistability, researchers said.

Feeling Groggy? Your Brain May Be Half Asleep Ann Lukits 2011

If this is the shape GW will take, then the notion of bistability and metastability seem not very useful.

Allen and Tett 1999 « Climate Audit 2006

I suppose you could argue it’s some kind of bistability which has been exposed by forcings?

New Satellite Data « Climate Audit 2006

Some have remarked on a tendency toward long-term global bistability. i.e.

Exponential Growth in Physical Systems #2 « Climate Audit 2007

Worth mentioning because I sometimes get the sense that skeptics take the “bistability” proposition to mean there is a hard ceiling on global warming.

Allen and Tett 1999 « Climate Audit 2006

Just wanted to be clear that local bistability does not imply global bistability. bender

Allen and Tett 1999 « Climate Audit 2006

The illusion of large-scale bistability persists for some time, until familiar chunk after familiar chunk is finally broken down and reconstituted to form new and different chunks that characterize the new superstates.

Allen and Tett 1999 « Climate Audit 2006

Figure 2: Spinor bistability and polarization switching.

Naturejobs - All Jobs T. K. Paraïso 2010

The system is first initialized on the upper bistability branch of σ+ polaritons.

Naturejobs - All Jobs T. K. Paraïso 2010

The company has developed the next generation of LCD, creating high-contrast bistability that requires no battery power to retain its image.

SourceWire Press Release Wire 2010