English Explanatory Dictionary

stability

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The condition of being stable or in equilibrium, and thus resistant to change.
  2. The tendency to recover from perturbations.

Pronunciation

/stəˈbɪlɪti/ [stəˈbɪlɪɾi] en-us-stability.ogg

Word forms

stability stabilities

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.

Synonyms

stableness

Antonyms

instability

Derived words

acidostability angle of vanishing stability autostability biostability bistability chemostability continent of stability cryostability dimensional stability directional stability electronic stability control Fourier stability analysis halostability hyperstability hypostability island of stability limit of positive stability mechanostability mesostability metacentric stability metastability monostability multistability nonstability overstability photostability polystability prestability price stability quasistability semistability stability conditions superstability thermostability tristability ultrastability von Neumann stability analysis
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