Meanings
plural stabilizations · alternative stabilisation
- BritishEnglishOxfordUSuncountableThe process of stabilizing.
- BritishEnglishOxfordUScountableThe result of being stabilized.
The use of solvent stabilizations for individual reagents is analogous to the use of heats of formation to compute heats of reaction.
1989, John E. Leffler, Rates and Equilibria of Organic Reactions as Treated by Statistical, Thermodynamic, and Extrathermodynamic Methods - BritishEnglishOxfordUSuncountablemedicineA 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.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe act of stabilizing something or making it more stable
nounthe act of making something (as a vessel or aircraft) less likely to overturn
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*staējō
- Proto-Italic*staēō
- Proto-Italic*staðlis?
- Latinstabili
- Old Frenchestable
- Anglo-Normanstabe
- Middle Englishstable
- Englishstable
- Englishstabilize
- Englishstabilization
Translations
Bulgarian стабилиза́ция
- стабилиза́ция (stabilizácija)process of stabilizing
Chinese Mandarin 穩定化 /稳定化, 安定化
- 穩定化 /稳定化 (wěndìnghuà)process of stabilizing
- 安定化 (āndìnghuà)process of stabilizing
Czech stabilizace
- stabilizaceprocess of stabilizing
Finnish stabilointi
- stabilointiprocess of stabilizing
French stabilisation
- stabilisationprocess of stabilizing
German Stabilisierung
- Stabilisierungprocess of stabilizing
Indonesian stabilisasi, penstabilan
- stabilisasiprocess of stabilizing
- penstabilanprocess of stabilizing
- penstabiliasasianprocess of stabilizing
Italian stabilizzazione
- stabilizzazioneprocess of stabilizing
Japanese 安定化
- 安定化 (anteika)process of stabilizing
Russian стабилиза́ция
- стабилиза́ция (stabilizácija)process of stabilizing
Spanish estabilización
- estabilizaciónprocess of stabilizing
Swedish stabilisering
- stabiliseringprocess of stabilizing
Tagalog pag-stabilize, pagpapapanatag
- pag-stabilizeprocess of stabilizing
- pagpapapanatagprocess of stabilizing
- pagpapatatagprocess of stabilizing
Turkish stabilizasyon
- stabilizasyonprocess of stabilizing
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with stabilization
Cite this entry
stabilization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stabilization
“stabilization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stabilization. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stabilization,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stabilization.
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