Stability

//stəˈbɪlɪti// noun

noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being stable or in equilibrium, and thus resistant to change. countable, uncountable

    "This platform offers good stability"

  2. 2
    the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation wordnet
  3. 3
    The tendency to recover from perturbations. countable, uncountable

    "emotional stability"

  4. 4
    the quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast wordnet
  5. 5
    a stable order (especially of society) wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
constancystablenessabidingnessabnegationabstinenceaccordance

Example

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"Rigid wheels give sufficient stability to a low-speed vehicle steered by outside forces."

Etymology

From Middle English stabletee, stabilite, from Old French stabilité, from Latin root of stabilitas (“firmness, steadfastness”), from stabilis (“steadfast, firm”). Displaced native Old English staþolfæstnes.

Related phrases

Fourier stability analysisangle of vanishing stabilitycontinent of stabilitydimensional stabilitydirectional stabilityelectronic stability controlisland of stabilitylimit of positive stabilitymetacentric stabilityprice stabilitystability conditionsvon Neumann stability analysis

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