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English

Pronunciation

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Noun

  1. The condition of being stable.
  2. The tendency to recover from perturbations.

Translations

et:stability el:stability fr:stability io:stability hu:stability simple:stability fi:stability ta:stability te:stability vi:stability tr:stability

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stability \Sta*bil"i*ty\ (st[.a]*b[i^]l"[i^]*t[y^]), n. [L.
stabilitas; cf. F. stabilit['e]. See Stable, a.]
1. The state or quality of being stable, or firm; steadiness;
stableness; firmness; strength to stand without being
moved or overthrown; as, the stability of a structure; the
stability of a throne or a constitution.
[1913 Webster]

2. Steadiness or firmness of character; firmness of
resolution or purpose; the quality opposite to
fickleness, irresolution, or inconstancy; constancy;
steadfastness; as, a man of little stability, or of
unusual stability.
[1913 Webster]

3. Fixedness; -- as opposed to fluidity.
[1913 Webster]

Since fluidness and stability are contrary
qualities. --Boyle.
[1913 Webster]

Syn: Steadiness; stableness; constancy; immovability;
firmness.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet stability
n 1: the quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast [syn: stableness]
[ant: instability, instability]
2: a stable order [ant: instability]
3: the quality of being free from change or variation [syn: constancy]
[ant: inconstancy]
Moby Dictionary
abidingness , abnegation , abstinence , accordance , age , antiquity ,
application , assiduity , assiduousness , authenticity ,
authoritativeness , body , bulldog tenacity , calculability , calm ,
calmness , ceaselessness , changelessness , coeternity , cohesion ,
concentration , concreteness , consecutiveness , conservatism ,
consistency , consonance , constancy , constant flow , constraint ,
continence , continualness , continuance , continuity , continuousness ,
control , cool , correspondence , defeat of time , defiance of time ,
density , dependability , determination , diligence , dispassion ,
diuturnity , dogged perseverance , doggedness , durability ,
durableness , duration , endlessness , endurance , engrossment ,
equability , equanimity , equilibrium , eternalness , eternity ,
evenness , ever-duringness , everlastingness , everness ,
faithworthiness , featurelessness , fidelity , firmness , fixedness ,
foreverness , frozenness , fullness , gaplessness , gentleness ,
golden mean , happy medium , hardening , hardness , homogeneity ,
immobility , immovability , immovableness , immutability ,
impartiality , incessancy , indefatigability , indestructibility ,
industriousness , industry , infinite duration , infinity , insistence ,
insistency , interminability , invariability , invariableness ,
inveteracy , invincibility , jointlessness , judiciousness ,
juste-milieu , lastingness , lenity , long standing , long-lastingness ,
long-livedness , longevity , loyalty , maintenance , mass , materiality ,
meden agan , middle way , mildness , moderateness , moderation ,
moderationism , monolithism , monotony , neutrality , never-endingness ,
nonviolence , nothing in excess , obstinacy , pacifism , palpability ,
patience , patience of Job , perdurability , perennation ,
perenniality , perennialness , permanence , permanency , perpetualness ,
perpetuity , perseverance , persistence , persistency ,
pertinaciousness , pertinacity , plenitude , plodding , plugging ,
ponderability , predictability , preoccupation , prudence , quiescence ,
relentlessness , reliability , repose , resoluteness , resolution ,
resolve , restraint , rigidity , seamlessness , secureness , security ,
sedulity , sedulousness , self-abnegation , self-control , self-denial ,
self-restraint , sempiternity , serenity , single-mindedness ,
singleness of purpose , slogging , smoothness , sobriety , solidity ,
solidness , soundness , stableness , stamina , standing , stasis ,
staunchness , staying power , steadfastness , steadiness ,
steady state , stick-to-itiveness , stoutness , strength ,
stubbornness , sturdiness , substance , substantiality ,
substantialness , successiveness , survival , survivance , tangibility ,
temper , temperance , temperateness , tenaciousness , tenacity ,
timelessness , tirelessness , torpor , toughness , tranquillity ,
trustworthiness , unbrokenness , unceasingness , unchangeability ,
unchangingness , undifferentiation , unerringness , unexcessiveness ,
unextravagance , unextremeness , uniformity , unintermittedness ,
uninterruptedness , uninterruption , unity , unrelievedness ,
unremittingness , unruffledness , unswerving attention , validity ,
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