stability
English
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stəˈbɪlɪti/, [stəˈbɪlɪɾi]
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- Rhymes: -ɪlɪti
Noun
stability (countable and uncountable, plural stabilities)
- The condition of being stable or in equilibrium, and thus resistant to change.
- This platform offers good stability
- Synonym: stableness
- Antonym: instability
- The tendency to recover from perturbations.
- emotional stability
Translations
condition of being stable
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tendency to recover from perturbations
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