stability en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- [stəˈbɪlɪɾi]
- /stəˈbɪlɪti/
- (US) audio
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.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The condition of being stable or in equilibrium, and thus resistant to change.
This platform offers good stability
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(countable, uncountable) The tendency to recover from perturbations.
Globalization has re-ordered the global economy in ways that are destructive to civic stability, as decentralized, localized producers cannot compete with globalized, commoditized crops, capital, labor and goods.
2025 February 13, Charles Hugh Smith, The Not-So-Strange Paradox of American Power and Dysfunction:emotional stability
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| stabilities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
directional stability · hypostability · prestability · monostability · metacentric stability · cryostability · angle of vanishing stability · superstability · mesostability · hyperstability · halostability · von Neumann stability analysis · tristability · nonstability · continent of stability · island of stability · limit of positive stability · thermostability · acidostability · polystability · multistability · Fourier stability analysis · dimensional stability · photostability · price stability · autostability · biostability · bistability · metastability · mechanostability · semistability · electronic stability control · ultrastability · quasistability · overstability · stability conditions · chemostability
Synonyms
Translations (77)
az sabitlik (condition of being stable) · hy կայունություն (condition of being stable) · ia stabilitate (condition of being stable) · uk стабі́льність (condition of being stable) · fi vakaus (condition of being stable) · pt estabilidade (condition of being stable) · la firmitūdō (condition of being stable) · sv stabilitet (condition of being stable) · ro stabilitate (tendency to recover from perturbations) · pl stabilność (condition of being stable) · id kestabilan (condition of being stable) · es estabilidad (condition of being stable) · fr stabilité (tendency to recover from perturbations) · cs stabilita (condition of being stable) · gl estabilidade (condition of being stable) · ca estabilitat (condition of being stable) · ms kestabilan (tendency to recover from perturbations) · bg устойчивост (condition of being stable) · ast estabilidá (condition of being stable) · tr stabilite (condition of being stable) · nb stabilitet (condition of being stable) · it stabilità (condition of being stable) · is stöðugleiki (condition of being stable) · ja 安定 (condition of being stable) · tr direnç (tendency to recover from perturbations) · la stabilitās (condition of being stable) · nl stabiliteit (condition of being stable) · ota موازنه (condition of being stable) · tl pagkamatatag (condition of being stable) · he יציבות (condition of being stable) · cmn 穩定 /稳定 (condition of being stable) · et stabiilsus (condition of being stable) · ga diongbháil (condition of being stable) · bg стабилност (tendency to recover from perturbations) · es estabilidad (tendency to recover from perturbations) · la firmitudo (tendency to recover from perturbations) · eo stabileco (condition of being stable) · ia stabilitate (tendency to recover from perturbations) · mn тогтвортой байдал (condition of being stable) · de Stabilität (tendency to recover from perturbations) · ms kestabilan (condition of being stable) · af stabiliteit (condition of being stable) · mnc ᠠᡴᡩᡠᠨ (condition of being stable) · af stabiliteit (tendency to recover from perturbations) · ja スタビリティー (condition of being stable) · hu stabilitás (condition of being stable) · hi स्थिरता (tendency to recover from perturbations) · az dayanıqlılıq (condition of being stable) · nn stabilitet (condition of being stable) · fr stabilité (condition of being stable) · ga diongbháilteacht (condition of being stable) · ru усто́йчивость (condition of being stable) · hi स्थिरता (condition of being stable) · ro stabilitate (condition of being stable) · el ευστάθεια (condition of being stable) · mn бат бөх байдал (condition of being stable) · ru стаби́льность (condition of being stable) · id stabilitas (condition of being stable) · bg стабилност (condition of being stable) · ar اِسْتِقْرَار (condition of being stable) · la stabilitas (tendency to recover from perturbations) · ja 安定性 (condition of being stable) · el σταθερότητα (condition of being stable) · pt estabilidade (tendency to recover from perturbations) · de Stabilität (condition of being stable) · ota اعتدال (condition of being stable) · ota دنك (condition of being stable) · it stabilità (tendency to recover from perturbations) · he יציבות (tendency to recover from perturbations) · la firmitās (condition of being stable) · ang staþolfæstnes (condition of being stable) · fi vakaus (tendency to recover from perturbations) · mi pūmautanga (condition of being stable) · la firmitas (tendency to recover from perturbations) · cmn 穩定性 /稳定性 (condition of being stable) · be стабі́льнасць (condition of being stable) · pl stabilność (tendency to recover from perturbations)