Definitions for stability

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stability sta·bil·i·ty

Spelling: [stuh-bil-i-tee]

IPA: /stəˈbɪl ɪ ti/

Stability is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 244 anagrams from letters in stability (abiilstty).

Definitions for stability

noun

1. the state or quality of being stable.
2. firmness in position.
3. continuance without change; permanence.
4. Chemistry. resistance or the degree of resistance to chemical change or disintegration.
5. resistance to change, especially sudden change or deterioration:
6. steadfastness; constancy, as of character or purpose:
7. Aeronautics. the ability of an aircraft to return to its original flying position when abruptly displaced.
8. Roman Catholic Church. a vow taken by a Benedictine monk, binding him to residence for life in the same monastery in which he made the vow.

Origin of stability

1400-50; Latin stabilitās, equivalent to stabili(s) stable² + -tās- -ty²; replacing late Middle English stablete Old Fr

Examples for stability

Did kind Fates design it as a guarantee of peace and stability?

Then, again, variety of climate should always go with stability of abode.

In a country where stability is still fragile and requires careful tending, Ebola is a wrecking ball.

One specific kind of emergency is at the heart of this, such as when an airplane suffers a loss of stability at night.

But that stability can be withdrawn as easily as it was granted.

The stability of the Whig administration, then in power, depended upon the results.

But neither can thought or mind be devoid of some principle of rest or stability.

And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times.

The pyramids of Meroe await a day when stability will allow outsiders to peek at a forgotten ancient kingdom.

A Shiite stronghold wrapped in a Sunni explosive belt—not exactly a picture of stability.