sta·ble
1 (stā́bəl)
[Middle English, from Old French estable, from Latin stabilis.]
adjective: -bler, -blest.
- Resistant to change of position or condition; not easily moved or disturbed: a house built on stable ground; a stable platform.
- Not subject to sudden or extreme change or fluctuation: a stable economy; a stable currency.
- Maintaining equilibrium; self-restoring: a stable aircraft.
- Enduring or permanent: a stable peace.
- Consistently dependable; steadfast of purpose.
- Not subject to mental illness or irrationality: a stable personality.
- Physics Having no known mode of decay; indefinitely long-lived. Used of atomic particles.
- Chemistry Not easily decomposed or otherwise modified chemically.
derivatives
- stáble·ness
- noun
- stábly
- adverb
