Stability

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stability
       n 1: the quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast [syn: {stableness}]
            [ant: {instability}, {instability}]
       2: a stable order [ant: {instability}]
       3: the quality of being free from change or variation [syn: {constancy}]
          [ant: {inconstancy}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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