Stabile

//ˈsteɪ.baɪl// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    abstract sculpture or structure of wire, sheet metal, etc.
  2. 2
    a sculpture having fixed units (usually constructed of sheet metal) and attached to a fixed support wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    not able or intended to be moved wordnet
  2. 2
    (chemistry, physics, biology) resistant to change wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Italian.

Synonyms

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stableart objectart workbrainchildbric-a-bracbronze

Antonyms

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mobile

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.

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