stability

3 definitions found

stability - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Stability \Sta*bil"i*ty\ (st[.a]*b[i^]l"[i^]*t[y^]), n. [L.
     stabilitas; cf. F. stabilit['e]. See Stable, a.]
     1. The state or quality of being stable, or firm; steadiness;
        stableness; firmness; strength to stand without being
        moved or overthrown; as, the stability of a structure; the
        stability of a throne or a constitution.
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     2. Steadiness or firmness of character; firmness of
        resolution or purpose; the quality opposite to
        fickleness, irresolution, or inconstancy; constancy;
        steadfastness; as, a man of little stability, or of
        unusual stability.
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     3. Fixedness; -- as opposed to fluidity.
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              Since fluidness and stability are contrary
              qualities.                            --Boyle.
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     Syn: Steadiness; stableness; constancy; immovability;
          firmness.
          [1913 Webster]

stability - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  stability
      n 1: the quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast [syn:
           stability, stableness] [ant: instability,
           unstableness]
      2: a stable order (especially of society) [ant: instability]
      3: the quality of being enduring and free from change or
         variation; "early mariners relied on the constancy of the
         trade winds" [syn: constancy, stability] [ant:
         changefulness, inconstancy]

stability - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  226 Moby Thesaurus words for "stability":
     abidingness, abnegation, abstinence, accordance, age, antiquity,
     application, assiduity, assiduousness, authenticity,
     authoritativeness, body, bulldog tenacity, calculability, calm,
     calmness, ceaselessness, changelessness, coeternity, cohesion,
     concentration, concreteness, consecutiveness, conservatism,
     consistency, consonance, constancy, constant flow, constraint,
     continence, continualness, continuance, continuity, continuousness,
     control, cool, correspondence, defeat of time, defiance of time,
     density, dependability, determination, diligence, dispassion,
     diuturnity, dogged perseverance, doggedness, durability,
     durableness, duration, endlessness, endurance, engrossment,
     equability, equanimity, equilibrium, eternalness, eternity,
     evenness, ever-duringness, everlastingness, everness,
     faithworthiness, featurelessness, fidelity, firmness, fixedness,
     foreverness, frozenness, fullness, gaplessness, gentleness,
     golden mean, happy medium, hardening, hardness, homogeneity,
     immobility, immovability, immovableness, immutability,
     impartiality, incessancy, indefatigability, indestructibility,
     industriousness, industry, infinite duration, infinity, insistence,
     insistency, interminability, invariability, invariableness,
     inveteracy, invincibility, jointlessness, judiciousness,
     juste-milieu, lastingness, lenity, long standing, long-lastingness,
     long-livedness, longevity, loyalty, maintenance, mass, materiality,
     meden agan, middle way, mildness, moderateness, moderation,
     moderationism, monolithism, monotony, neutrality, never-endingness,
     nonviolence, nothing in excess, obstinacy, pacifism, palpability,
     patience, patience of Job, perdurability, perennation,
     perenniality, perennialness, permanence, permanency, perpetualness,
     perpetuity, perseverance, persistence, persistency,
     pertinaciousness, pertinacity, plenitude, plodding, plugging,
     ponderability, predictability, preoccupation, prudence, quiescence,
     relentlessness, reliability, repose, resoluteness, resolution,
     resolve, restraint, rigidity, seamlessness, secureness, security,
     sedulity, sedulousness, self-abnegation, self-control, self-denial,
     self-restraint, sempiternity, serenity, single-mindedness,
     singleness of purpose, slogging, smoothness, sobriety, solidity,
     solidness, soundness, stableness, stamina, standing, stasis,
     staunchness, staying power, steadfastness, steadiness,
     steady state, stick-to-itiveness, stoutness, strength,
     stubbornness, sturdiness, substance, substantiality,
     substantialness, successiveness, survival, survivance, tangibility,
     temper, temperance, temperateness, tenaciousness, tenacity,
     timelessness, tirelessness, torpor, toughness, tranquillity,
     trustworthiness, unbrokenness, unceasingness, unchangeability,
     unchangingness, undifferentiation, unerringness, unexcessiveness,
     unextravagance, unextremeness, uniformity, unintermittedness,
     uninterruptedness, uninterruption, unity, unrelievedness,
     unremittingness, unruffledness, unswerving attention, validity,
     via media