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noun
The process of stabilizing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: British, English, Oxford, US, uncountable
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noun
The result of being stabilized.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: British, English, Oxford, US, countable
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noun
A preliminary medical process for sick or injured people to attempt to keep their medical condition from deteriorating too much and too quickly before being treated in depth at a medical facility.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: British, English, Oxford, US, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
the act of stabilizing something or making it more stable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: stabilisation
Antonyms: destabilization
Broader terms: standardization, standardisation, normalization, normalisation
Narrower terms: equilibration
noun
the act of making something (as a vessel or aircraft) less likely to overturn
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: stabilisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: improvement
History
Etymology tree English stable Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English stabilize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English stabilization From stabilize + -ation.
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