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Noun
/stəˈbilitē/,
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The state of being stable,
  1. The state of being stable
    • - there are fears for the political stability of the area
  1. the quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast
  2. a stable order (especially of society)
  3. constancy: the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation; "early mariners relied on the constancy of the trade winds"
  4. (stable) shelter in a stable; "stable horses"
  5. (stable) a farm building for housing horses or other livestock
  6. (stable) firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation; "the economy is stable"
  7. Flight dynamics is the science of air and space vehicle orientation and control in three dimensions. ...
  8. Ecological stability can refer to types of stability in a continuum ranging from resilience (returning quickly to a previous state) to constancy to persistence. The precise definition depends on the ecosystem in question, the variable or variables of interest, and the overall context. ...
  9. In probability theory, the stability of a random variable is the property that a linear combination of two independent copies of the variable has the same distribution, up to location and scale parameters. ...
  10. The Stability EP is a limited edition EP by Indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie, released February 19, 2002. The release marks the final appearance of drummer Michael Schorr.
  11. The clarification and stabilization of wine in winemaking involves removing insoluble and suspended materials that may cause a wine to become cloudy, gassy, form unwanted sediment deposit or tartaric crystals, deteriorate quicker or develop assorted wine faults due to physical, chemical or ...
  12. In mathematics, a stiff equation is a differential equation for which certain numerical methods for solving the equation are numerically unstable, unless the step size is taken to be extremely small. ...
  13. The condition of being stable or in equilibrium, and thus resistant to change; The tendency to recover from perturbations
  14. (stable) A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) animals with hoofs, especially horses; all the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. ...
  15. (stable) Does not decay. A particle is stable if there exist no processes in which a particle disappears and in its place two or more different particles appear.
  16. (stable) a group of wrestler’s united to watch each other’s backs.
  17. (Stable) Incapable of spontaneous radioactive decay.
  18. (Stable) in the physical sciences, a system is termed stable if no rearrangement of its parts can produce a system having lower free energy; in biology, a living system is stable so long as homeostasis can be maintained.
  19. (Stable) a term used to describe the flight of the disc when it flies straight at high speeds when thrown flat.
  20. (Stable) This describes how the disc will fly.  A stable disc will have a tendency to fly straight and to finish with little to no fade.
  21. (STABLE) (in Hosta) a plant that maintains its solid or variegated pattern when propagated by division.
  22. (STABLE) A building where animals are kept for remuneration, hire, or sale.
  23. (STABLE) A substance that is not radioactive.
  24. (STABLE) The roster of models represented by an agent.
  25. (Stable) (adj.) Usage: “It’s a very stable business unit.” Definition: When the collective tenure of a department’s employees preempt any consideration of change or improvement upon the status quo.