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stability

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
15
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/stəˈbɪlɪti/
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/stəˈbɪlɪti/ · [stəˈbɪlɪɾi]

Definition of stability

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The condition of being stable or in equilibrium, and thus resistant to change.
    “This platform offers good stability”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The condition of being stable or in equilibrium, and thus resistant to change.
    “This platform offers good stability”
  2. (countable, uncountable)The tendency to recover from perturbations.
    “emotional stability”
    “Globalization has re-ordered the global economy in ways that are destructive to civic stability, as decentralized, localized producers cannot compete with globalized, commoditized crops, capital, labor and goods.”

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Etymology

From Middle English stabletee, stabilite, from Old French stabilité, from Latin root of stabilitas (“firmness, steadfastness”), from stabilis (“steadfast, firm”). Displaced native Old English staþolfæstnes.

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