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stability (iou)



stability noun. ME.
[Old French (e)stablete from Latin stabilitas, formed as STABLE adjective.]
Firmness or steadiness of character, resolution, steadfastness. Now also, mental soundness. ME.
Review of English Studies Men can create visions of..ideal life, but lack..stability to make such visions an enduring reality.
The quality of being firmly fixed or placed; (capacity for) resistance to displacement or overbalancing; maintenance of or ability to maintain equilibrium or an upright position. LME.
J. S. Foster The stability of the building involves the equilibrium of all the forces. Which? The stability affected by crosswinds and bumps in corners.
b. Fixity of position, tendency to remain in place. M16.
c. The capacity of a physical system, chemical compound, isotope, subatomic particle, etc., to resist disintegration, decomposition, or decay; an instance of this. M19.
Resistance of an immaterial thing to destruction or essential change, enduring quality; constancy in composition or nature; steadiness and continuity of a condition, institution, etc.; an instance of this. LME.
spiral stability: see SPIRAL adjective1.
H. Macmillan An aggressive action by Nasser threatening the stability of the whole Middle East. Dance A production..whose earnings will secure a measure of financial stability.
b. A fixed or settled thing. M19.