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STABILITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being enduring and free from change or variation
Example:
early mariners relied on the constancy of the trade winds
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("stability" is a kind of...):
changelessness; unchangeability; unchangeableness; unchangingness (the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged)
Attribute:
constant (steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection)
inconstant (likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stability"):
invariance (the nature of a quantity or property or function that remains unchanged when a given transformation is applied to it)
metastability (the quality of a physical system that persists in its existing equilibrium when undisturbed (or only slightly disturbed) but able to pass to a more stable equilibrium when sufficiently disturbed)
monotony (constancy of tone or pitch or inflection)
Derivation:
stable (showing little if any change)
stable (resistant to change of position or condition)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast
Synonyms:
stability; stableness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("stability" is a kind of...):
firmness; steadiness (the quality of being steady or securely and immovably fixed in place)
Antonym:
instability (the quality or attribute of being unstable and irresolute)
Derivation:
stable (firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A stable order (especially of society)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("stability" is a kind of...):
order (established customary state (especially of society))
Antonym:
instability (an unstable order)
Context examples:
Lack of cross-linking results in a reduction of cell wall stability and leads to cell lysis.
(Ceftizoxime Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)
After two decades of relative stability, the magnitude of the glaciers' acceleration was unexpected.
(Wind, Warm Water Revved Up Melting Antarctic Glaciers, NASA)
Chromosomal translocation is involved in repairing broken DNA and in maintaining cell viability at the expense of long term genomic stability.
(Chromosomal Translocation Process, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene plays a role in cell cycle control, regulation of transcription and the maintenance of genomic stability.
(BRCA1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
The dimer configuration has been shown to increase compound stability and reduce general toxicity.
(Artemisinin Dimer, NCI Thesaurus)
The excipients are added to facilitate administration or manufacture, improve product delivery, promote the consistent release and bioavailability of the drug, enhance stability, assist in product identification, or enhance other product characteristics.
(Pharmaceutical Excipient, NCI Thesaurus)
This results in a reduction of cell wall stability and leads to cell lysis.
(Cephapirin Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)
It will receive golden beams from Pluto and Saturn, both in Capricorn, giving a relationship a shot of exciting energy and at the same time, stability.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
This gene is involved in cell cycle control, DNA repair and the maintenance of genomic stability.
(BRCA2 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
This results in a reduction of cell wall stability and causes cell lysis.
(Cefditoren Pivoxil, NCI Thesaurus)
