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Stable
Stable Sta"ble, a. (Physics)
So placed as to resist forces tending to cause motion; of
such structure as to resist distortion or molecular or
chemical disturbance; -- said of any body or substance.
Stable
Stable Sta"ble, v. t.
To fix; to establish. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
StableStable Sta"ble, a. [OE. estable, F. stable, fr. L. stabilis,
fr. stare to stand. See Stand, v. i. and cf. Establish.]
1. Firmly established; not easily moved, shaken, or
overthrown; fixed; as, a stable government.
In this region of chance, . . . where nothing is
stable. --Rogers.
2. Steady in purpose; constant; firm in resolution; not
easily diverted from a purpose; not fickle or wavering;
as, a man of stable character.
And to her husband ever meek and stable. --Chaucer.
3. Durable; not subject to overthrow or change; firm; as, a
stable foundation; a stable position.
Stable equibrium (Mech.), the kind of equilibrium of a body
so placed that if disturbed it returns to its former
position, as in the case when the center of gravity is
below the point or axis of support; -- opposed to
unstable equilibrium, in which the body if disturbed
does not tend to return to its former position, but to
move farther away from it, as in the case of a body
supported at a point below the center of gravity. Cf.
Neutral equilibrium, under Neutral.
Syn: Fixed; steady; constant; abiding; strong; durable; firm. StableStable Sta"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stabled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stabling.]
To put or keep in a stable. Stable
Stable Sta"ble, v. i.
To dwell or lodge in a stable; to dwell in an inclosed place;
to kennel. --Milton.
