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STABLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A farm building for housing horses or other livestock
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("stable" is a kind of...):
farm building (a building on a farm)
Meronyms (parts of "stable"):
stall (a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stable"):
livery stable (stable where horses and vehicles are kept for hire)
Instance hyponyms:
Augean stables ((Greek mythology) the extremely dirty stables that were finally cleaned by Hercules who diverted two rivers through them)
Derivation:
stable (shelter in a stable)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Showing little if any change
Example:
a static population
Synonyms:
stable; static; unchanging
Classified under:
Similar:
unchangeable (not changeable or subject to change)
Derivation:
stability (the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation)
stableness (the quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Maintaining equilibrium
Classified under:
Similar:
balanced (being in a state of proper equilibrium)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Not taking part readily in chemical change
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unreactive ((chemistry) not reacting chemically)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation
Example:
the economy is stable
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
sound (financially secure and safe)
Derivation:
stability; stableness (the quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Resistant to change of position or condition
Example:
stable prices
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
firm; steady; unfluctuating (not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall)
lasting (lasting a long time without change)
stabile ((chemistry, physics, biology) resistant to change)
stabilised; stabilized (made stable or firm)
Also:
constant (steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection)
lasting; permanent (continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place)
steady (not subject to change or variation especially in behavior)
Antonym:
unstable (lacking stability or fixity or firmness)
Derivation:
stability (the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation)
stableness (the quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast)
III. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they stable ... he / she / it stables
Past simple: stabled
Past participle: stabled
-ing form: stabling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shelter in a stable
Example:
stable horses
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "stable" is one way to...):
shelter (provide shelter for)
Domain category:
animal husbandry (breeding and caring for farm animals)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They stable the animals
Derivation:
stable (a farm building for housing horses or other livestock)
stabling (accommodation for animals (especially for horses))
Context examples:
He is round in the stable lane now.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Ampicillin is stable against hydrolysis by a variety of beta-lactamases, therefore, can be used in wide range of gram-positive and -negative infections.
(Ampicillin, NCI Thesaurus)
Water ice isn't expected to be stable at any depth in that area today and any ice deposited there should be long gone.
(A Fresh Look at Older Data Yields a Surprise Near the Martian Equator, NASA)
Stable angina is the most common type. It happens when the heart is working harder than usual.
(Angina, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
Although the dance may appear odd, it keeps the orbits stable, researchers said.
(NASA Finds Neptune Moons Locked in 'Dance of Avoidance', NASA)
He had, however, bolted the stable door; and by the time they had forced it open there was no sign of him.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
CAV1 and CAV2 form Caveolin, a stable hetero-oligomeric complex important in the formation and maintenance of caveolae.
(Caveolin 1, NCI Thesaurus)
Expiration dates are generally limited to no more than 3 years after production, but longer stability periods are allowed for some very stable materials.
(Pharmaceutical Product Expiration Date, NCI Thesaurus)
An antisense oligonucleotide modified to be more stable than RNA.
(Morpholino, NCI Thesaurus)
This passage is at least as extraordinary a road from the breakfast-parlour to your apartment, as that staircase can be from the stables to mine.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
