stability
English edit
Etymology edit
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.
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Noun edit
stability (countable and uncountable, plural stabilities)
- The condition of being stable or in equilibrium, and thus resistant to change.
- Synonym: stableness
- Antonym: instability
- This platform offers good stability
- The tendency to recover from perturbations.
- emotional stability
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Translations edit
condition of being stable
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tendency to recover from perturbations
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