sta·bil·i·ty (st -b l -t )n. pl. sta·bil·i·ties 1. The state or quality of being stable, especially: a. Resistance to change, deterioration, or displacement. b. Constancy of character or purpose; steadfastness. c. Reliability; dependability. 2. The ability of an object, such as a ship or aircraft, to maintain equilibrium or resume its original, upright position after displacement, as by the sea or strong winds. 3. Roman Catholic Church A vow committing a Benedictine monk to one monastery for life. |
stability
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the quality of being stable: the security and stability of married life
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| Noun | 1. | stability - the quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast steadiness, firmness - the quality of being steady or securely and immovably fixed in place unstableness, instability - the quality or attribute of being unstable and irresolute |
| 2. | stability - a stable order (especially of society) order - established customary state (especially of society); "order ruled in the streets"; "law and order" instability - an unstable order | |
| 3. | stability - the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation; "early mariners relied on the constancy of the trade winds" unchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangingness, changelessness - the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged invariance - the nature of a quantity or property or function that remains unchanged when a given transformation is applied to it; "the invariance of the configuration under translation" metastability - the quality of a physical system that persists in its existing equilibrium when undisturbed (or only slightly disturbed) but able to pass to a more stable equilibrium when sufficiently disturbed monotony - constancy of tone or pitch or inflection |
stability
noun firmness, strength, soundness, durability, permanence, solidity, constancy, steadiness, steadfastness << OPPOSITE instability
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