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Stabilisation

Definition: Stabilisation

Stabilisation

Noun

1. The act of stabilizing; "he worked for price stabilization for farm products".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Stabilisation

DomainDefinition

Electrical Engineering

The stabilisation of a semiconductor surface by deposition or growth of an inert layer that does not have an appreciable electrical effect on the semiconductor material and prevents impurities reaching the surface of the layer from having such an effect. Source: European Union. (references)
 The means and methods by which a measuring instrument maintains its indicated or supplied values during a specified time, when influence quantities and/or the load, if any, are changed within specified limits. Source: European Union. (references)

Environment

In waste treatment, a process used to equalise wastewater composition prior to regulated discharge. Source: European Union. (references)

Food & Agriculture

The process of stabilising soil, including shifting sand, against erosion. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Stabilisation

Synonym: stabilization (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Stabilisation

Specialty definitions using "stabilisation": dispersant, dispersing agent, dispersion stabilising transformation, dual spingreen sludgenatural gas liquidpassivationraw sludgeundigested sludge. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Stabilisation" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (balancing, settlement, stabilization, stabilizing, subsidence, supporting), German (stabilization).

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Commercial Usage: Stabilisation

DomainTitle

Books

  • Degradation and Stabilisation of Polyolefins (reference)

  • Indian science : era of stabilisation (reference)

  • India's economic crises, debt burden, and stabilisation (reference)

  • MacRomolecular Symposia Polymer Reactive Processing, Stabilisation and Functionalisation: Invited Lectures from the 1st International Conference on p (reference)

  • Polymer Degradation and Stabilisation (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Stabilisation

"Stabilisation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Stabilisation" is used about 99 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%9932,870

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Stabilisation

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "stabilisation": de-stabilisation.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Stabilisation

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

earth stabilisation

10

soil stabilisation

8

insulation stabilisation wall

3

foam polyurethane roof stabilisation

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Stabilisation

Language Translations for "stabilisation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

安定 (settled, settling, stabilization). (various references)

   

Danish

  

stabilisering (stabilization), passivisering (passivation, stabilization), jordstabilisering (fixation, stabilization). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

stabilisering (stabilization), stabilisatie (stabilization), passivering (passivation, stabilization), bodemstabilisatie (fixation, stabilization). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

stabilointi (fixation, stabilization, stabilizing), vakavointi (stabilization), vakautus (stabilization), passivointi (passivation, stabilization). (various references)

   

French

  

stabilisation (stabilization, stabilizing), protection par dépôt d'isolant (stabilization), passivation (stabilization). (various references)

   

German

  

Stabilisierung (stabilization), Stabilisation (stabilization), Passivierung (passivation), Bodenbefestigung (fixation, stabilization). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σταθεροποίηση (consolidation, freezing, stabilization), παθητικοποίηση (passivation, stabilization), Σταθεροποίηση (fixation, stabilization). (various references)

   

Italian

  

stabilizzazione (stabilization). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

안 " (stabilization). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

abilisationstay

   

Portuguese

  

passivacao (passivation, stabilization), fixação (allocation, anchorage, definition, determination, fastening, fixation, fixture, furnishings, placement, retention, setting, settlement), estabilização (stabilization). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

pasivación (passivation, stabilization), fijación (attachment, fastening, fixation, fixing), estabilización (stabilization). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

stabilisering (stabilization), slamstabilisering (stabilization), passivering (passivation, stabilization). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Stabilisation

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-i-i-i-l-n-o-s-s-t-t"

-2 letters: sibilations.

-3 letters: antibiosis, atonalists, battalions, saltations, satiations, sibilation, siltations.

-4 letters: ablations, atonalist, battalion, botanists, libations, sailboats, saltation, satiation, sibilants, siltation, stational.

-5 letters: ablation, abstains, alations, altoists, antibias, antiboss, bastions, botanist, initials, liaisons, libation, ostinati, sabatons, sailboat, satanist, sibilant, stations, titanias.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-b-i-i-i-l-n-o-s-s-t-t"
 

+1 letter: stabilizations.

 

+3 letters: destabilizations.

 

+5 letters: transportabilities.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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