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STABILE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sculpture having fixed units (usually constructed of sheet metal) and attached to a fixed support
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("stabile" is a kind of...):
sculpture (a three-dimensional work of plastic art)
Antonym:
mobile (sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced parts can be set in motion by air currents)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not able or intended to be moved
Example:
the immovable hills
Synonyms:
immovable; immoveable; stabile; unmovable
Classified under:
Similar:
immobile (not capable of movement or of being moved)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(chemistry, physics, biology) resistant to change
Classified under:
Similar:
stable (resistant to change of position or condition)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
