Stabile
/ˈsteɪ.baɪl/ name, noun
name, noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 abstract sculpture or structure of wire, sheet metal, etc.
- 2 a sculpture having fixed units (usually constructed of sheet metal) and attached to a fixed support wordnet
Adjective
- 1 not able or intended to be moved wordnet
- 2 (chemistry, physics, biology) resistant to change wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from Italian.
Etymology
Etymology 1
Coined by German-French artist Jean Arp in 1932 from Latin stabilis (“firmly fixed or established”) to describe the stationary works of Alexander Calder as opposed to his better known mobiles.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Italian Stabile.