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Definition of Stability
1. Noun. The quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast.
Exact synonyms: Stableness
Generic synonyms: Firmness, Steadiness
Antonyms: Instability, Unstableness
Derivative terms: Stable, Stable, Stable, Stable
Generic synonyms: Firmness, Steadiness
Antonyms: Instability, Unstableness
Derivative terms: Stable, Stable, Stable, Stable
2. Noun. A stable order (especially of society).
3. Noun. The quality of being enduring and free from change or variation. "Early mariners relied on the constancy of the trade winds"
Exact synonyms: Constancy
Generic synonyms: Changelessness, Unchangeability, Unchangeableness, Unchangingness
Specialized synonyms: Invariance, Metastability, Monotony
Attributes: Constant, Inconstant
Derivative terms: Constant, Stable, Stable
Antonyms: Inconstancy
Generic synonyms: Changelessness, Unchangeability, Unchangeableness, Unchangingness
Specialized synonyms: Invariance, Metastability, Monotony
Attributes: Constant, Inconstant
Derivative terms: Constant, Stable, Stable
Antonyms: Inconstancy
Definition of Stability
1. n. The state or quality of being stable, or firm; steadiness; firmness; strength to stand without being moved or overthrown; as, the stability of a structure; the stability of a throne or a constitution.
Definition of Stability
1. Noun. The condition of being stable or in equilibrium, and thus resistant to change ¹
2. Noun. The tendency to recover from perturbations ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stability
1. [n -TIES]
Medical Definition of Stability
1. The quality of maintaining a constant character in the presence of forces which threaten to disturb it, resistance to change. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
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