stable

Definitions

General English

  • noun a

    building

    for keeping a horse

General Science

  • adjective not changing
  • adjective referring to a

    chemical compound

    that does not

    react

    readily with other chemicals

Agriculture

  • noun a building in which horses are kept

Aviation

  • adjective referring to an atmosphere in which there is little or no

    vertical

    movement

Economics

  • Of an equilibrium, that the dynamic adjustment away from equilibrium converges to the equilibrium.
  • Of an

    economic variable

    , not subject to large or erratic fluctuations.

Electronics

  • Tending to remain in a given position, state,

    setting

    ,

    mode

    , or the like. Also, tending to avoid unwanted variations. For instance, free of unwanted

    oscillation

    .
  • Tending to return to a former or desired position, state,

    setting

    ,

    mode

    , or the like, after a

    displacement

    or other change occurs. An example is a

    speaker

    with proper

    damping

    .
  • Tending to maintain a given value,

    quantity

    , intensity,

    characteristic

    , or the like. Said, for instance, of the output of a

    control system

    .
  • Not tending to easily respond to a change, action, stimulus, or variation. Said, for instance, of a

    voltage regulator

    which maintains the same output despite changes in

    load resistance

    .
  • A

    chemical

    substance not tending to easily form part of a chemical reaction.
  • A

    particle

    which does not undergo

    radioactive

    decay.

Military

  • noun a building used to

    accommodate

    horses or mules

Origin & History of “stable”

English

has two

distinct

words stable, but

both

come

ultimately

from

the

same

source: the Indo-European base *stā- ‘stand’,

ancestor

also

of English stand. The adjective stable (13th c.) comes via Old French estable from Latin stabilis ‘standing firm’,

which

has also given English establish, stability (15th c.), and stabilize (19th c.). It was formed from the base *stā-, as was Latin stabulum ‘standing-place’, hence ‘enclosure for animals’, which English acquired via Old French estable as stable (13th c.). The corresponding Germanic formation, also based on *stā-, is stall. A constable is etymologically an ‘officer in charge of stables’.
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