About The Word Stability
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Stability
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What's The Definition Of Stability?
[n] the quality of being free from change or variation
[n] the quality or attribute of being stable [n] a stable order Synonyms | Synonyms for Stability: constancy | stableness Related Terms | Find terms related to Stability: See Also | changelessness | firmness | order | steadiness | unchangeability | unchangeableness | unchangingness Stability In Webster's Dictionary \Sta*bil"i*ty\, n. [L. stabilitas; cf. F.
stabilit['e]. See {Stable}, a.]
1. The state or quality of being stable, or firm; steadiness;
firmness; strength to stand without being moved or
overthrown; as, the stability of a structure; the
stability of a throne or a constitution.
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.
3. Fixedness; -- as opposed to {fluidity}.
Since fluidness and stability are contary qualities.
--Boyle.
Syn: Steadiness; stableness; constancy; immovability;
firmness.
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