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Definition: Stability |
StabilityNoun1. The quality or attribute of being stable. 2. A stable order. 3. The quality of being free from change or variation. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "stability" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | 1. The property of a body, as an aircraft or rocket, to maintain its attitude or to resist displacement, and, if displaced, to develop forces and moments tending to restore the original condition.2. Of a fuel, the capability of a fuel to retain its characteristics in an adverse environment, e.g. extreme temperature. (references) |
Computing | The property of a linear system such that, after being displaced from its steady-state condition by an external disturbance, it comes back to that steady-state condition when the disturbance has ceased. Source: European Union. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | The quality possessed by a circuit arrangement that prevents the generation of spurious oscillation. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The ability of an instrument to keep its performance characteristics unchanged during a specified time, all conditions remaining constant. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| The maximum amount of gain, in addition to the working gain, that can be introduced at any point equally and simultaneously in the two directions of transmission without causing singing, or, for a circuit fitted with an antisinging device, without causing perceptible signal mutilation. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Food & Agriculture | The ability of a ship, initially floating freely in calm water, to return to the upright position if she is forcibly heeled to port or starboard and then released. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The ability of wood to retain its dimensions and shape when exposed to varying conditions of temperature and humidity. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Geography | A condition of a channel when, though it may change slightly at different times of the years as the result of varying conditions of flow and sediment charge, there is no appreciable change from year to year, that is to say, accretion balances erosion over the years. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. The resistance of a structure, slope, or embankment to failure by sliding or collapsing under normal conditions for which it was designed; e.g., bank stability and slope stability. See also:bank slope stability b. In thermodynamics, an equilibrium state to which a system will tend tomove from any other state under the same external conditions e.g., bank stability and slope stability. See also:bank slope stability b. In thermodynamics, an equilibrium state to which a system will tend tomove from any other state under the same external conditions. (references) |
Physics | The resistance of a fluid to permanent change in its properties under normal storage and service conditions. Source: European Union. (references) |
Shipping | The force that holds a vessel upright or returns it to upright if keeled over. Weight in the lower hold increases stability. A vessel is stiff if it has high stability, tender if it has low stability. (references) |
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Synonyms: StabilitySynonyms: constancy (n), stableness (n). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: inconstancy (n), instability (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Diuturnity | Durableness, durability; persistence, endlessness, lastingness; Adjective: continuance, standing; permanence; (stability) survival, survivance; longevity; (age); distance of time. |
Permanence | Noun: stability; quiescence; obstinacy. |
Resolution | Noun: determination, will; iron will, unconquerable will; will of one's own, decision, resolution; backbone; clear grit, true grit, grit; sand, strength of mind, strength of will; resolve; (intent); firmness; (stability); energy, manliness, vigor; game, pluck; resoluteness; (courage); zeal; aplomb; desperation; devotion, devotedness. |
Devote oneself to, give oneself up to; throw away the scabbard, kick down the ladder, nail one's colors to the mast, set one's back against the wall, set one's teeth, put one's foot down, take one's stand; stand firm; (stability); steel oneself; stand no nonsense, not listen to the voice of the charmer. | |
Stability | Noun: stability; immutability; Adjective: unchangeability; Adjective: unchangeableness; constancy; stable equilibrium, immobility, soundness, vitality, stabiliment, stiffness, ankylosis, solidity, aplomb. |
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Crosswords: Stability |
| English words defined with "stability": Abutment pier, adjusted ♦ disturbed, double-prop, double-propeller plane ♦ fin keel, Firmitude, Firmity ♦ Husain, Husayn, Hussein ♦ ibn Talal Hussein, IMF, Indecomposableness, International Monetary Fund ♦ keel, King Hussein ♦ paper gold ♦ special drawing rights ♦ tottering, twin-prop, twin-propeller-plane ♦ unsettled, unstable, upset ♦ vanadium steel. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "stability": automatic stability ♦ bank slope stability ♦ directional stability ♦ stability augmentation, stability augmentation feature, stability axes, stability of weights. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "stability": Autostability. (references) |
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Screenplays | For God's sake, man, she's 18, and you have the emotional stability of a blueberry scone. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) | |
Lyrics | Nope, need to know how to surround a bitch with stability (That's What I'm Looking For; performing artist: Da Brat) And my emotional stability is leaving me (Sexual Healing; performing artist: MARVIN GAYE) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Stability vs. Nobility (1911) | |
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 | Stability Tunnel. Credit: NASA. |  | PVC pipes are used to protect the Oculina varicosa and to provide stability during the restoration. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Students from the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School used the NF-16D variable stability in-flight simulator, or VISTA, to test a design tool that could help prevent pilot-induced oscillations in future aircraft. (P.; photo by Tom Reynolds).. |  | Detail view of tops of upstream arch barrels. Photograph by Jack E. Boucher, Summer 1971. (Reproduction Number: HAER, UTAH,18-SALCI,22-5) The development of the multiple-arch reinforced concrete dam by engineer John S. Eastwood took advantage of the inherent characteristics of an ancient building form to greatly reduce the needed mass of dams. Inclined, reinforced concrete barrel vaults transfer the weight of the impounded water to the ground through a series of buttresses. The downward pressure actually increases the stability of the dam by pressing it against its foundation, making it an ideal design for poor foundation conditions. Eastwood built similar dams throughout the world. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | View of the starboard side amidships, taken at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 27 June 1942, following repair of combat damage and an overhaul. Note the ship's redesigned forward superstructure, including an open bridge and reduced lower bridge wings. Mark 34 main battery gun director, with antenna for an FC gunfire control radar, is immediately in front of the foremast. The other director, just behind the open bridge, is a Mark 33, with antenna for an FD radar mounted on its front. Weight traversing gear on the main deck, between the forward superstructure and 6"/47 gun turret # 3, indicates that Helena is undergoing an inclining experiment to determine her stability. Credit: NAVY. |  | Beware of them : these party changers are a danger to the stability of democracy and government : for a strong government and prosperity, vote Congress. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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John Stuart Mill | A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life. |
Prince Klemens Von Metternich | Stability is not immobility. |
Samuel Johnson | Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language. |
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Health | Some patients may experience prolonged periods of relative stability. (references) | |
Effects of antenatal corticosteroids on neonatal hemodynamic stability. (references) | ||
Paracrystalline stability for greater than 2 years has been established. (references) | ||
Business | Guaranteed tax stability for 15 years. (references) | |
DL 600 provides an optional tax rate stability guarantee. (references) | ||
A common language and political stability can be taken for granted. (references) | ||
Children | Singapore | The Ministry for Community Development and Sports sponsors activities promoting children's causes, including family stability. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Somalia | However, despite the relative stability in many parts of the country, many citizens continued to flee to neighboring countries, often for economic reasons. (references) |
Belgium | Authorities believe the decrease was due to more stability in the Balkans and a change in government policy to provide in-kind assistance rather than direct assistance. (references) | |
Economic History | Bolivia | Independence did not bring stability. (references) |
Austria | Since World War II, Austria has enjoyed political stability. (references) | |
Uganda | They do not, however, threaten the stability of the government. (references) | |
Human Rights | Tunisia | Among his allegations was that the Government intimidates and harasses judges, who, he noted, were dependent on the President for promotions and job stability. (references) |
Minorities | Malaysia | According to the Government, these programs have been instrumental in ensuring ethnic harmony and political stability. (references) |
China | In Urumqi, the capital, 8 persons accused of having endangered social stability were sentenced to prison terms of between 4 and 13 years. (references) | |
Political Economy | Argentina | Social stability is also a potential issue of the future. (references) |
SWITZERLAND | The primary objective of the SNB's policy is price stability. (references) | |
UKRAINE | Ukraine has taken several measures to maintain exchange rate stability. (references) | |
Political Rights | Cambodia | The coalition Government formed in late 1998 between the CPP and FUNCINPEC, the two parties that won the largest number of votes and National Assembly seats in the 1998 election, renewed political stability. (references) |
Trade | Croatia | The Croatian National Bank (CNB) is the Croatian monetary authority with the primary task of maintaining price stability. (references) |
Poland | Though still much opposed by foreign business, the system itself has not proven problematic (owing to the stability of the zloty). (references) | |
Travel | Liberia | The northwestern part of the country is unsettled as rebel activity in Sierra Leone and Guinea continues to affect stability along the Sierra Leone-Guinea-Liberia border areas. (references) |
Women | China | Nonetheless, female activists increasingly are concerned that the progress that has been made by women over the past 50 years is being eroded and that women's status in society regressed during the 1990's. They assert that the Government appears to have made the pursuit of gender equality a secondary priority as it focuses on economic reform and political stability. (references) |
Afghanistan | Although the stability brought to much of the country by Taliban rule generally may have reduced violence against women, particularly rapes and kidnapings, Taliban members threatened or beat women to enforce the Taliban's dress code for women, and the Taliban imposed wide-ranging and even life-threatening restrictions on women's mobility and their ability to obtain gainful employment. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Macau | Unions tend to stress the importance of stability and minimum disruption of the work force. (references) |
Peru | Employers deny that they are biased against unions, and argue that the labor stability provisions of the legislation have made long-term commitments to workers too expensive. (references) | |
Croatia | In November the Government hosted a ministerial-level conference for Stability Pact participants to coordinate regional antitrafficking approaches; however, there was little publicity for the event and no broad substantive discussion of the problem occurred during the brief conference. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | LEAD, n. A heavy blue-gray metal much used in giving stability to light lovers -- particularly to those who love not wisely but other men's wives. Lead is also of great service as a counterpoise to an argument of such weight that it turns the scale of debate the wrong way. An interesting fact in the chemistry of international controversy is that at the point of contact of two patriotisms lead is precipitated in great quantities. Hail, holy Lead! -- of human feuds the great And universal arbiter; endowed With penetration to pierce any cloud Fogging the field of controversial hate, And with a sift, inevitable, straight, Searching precision find the unavowed But vital point. Thy judgment, when allowed By the chirurgeon, settles the debate. O useful metal! -- were it not for thee We'd grapple one another's ears alway: But when we hear thee buzzing like a bee We, like old Muhlenberg, "care not to stay." And when the quick have run away like pellets Jack Satan smelts the dead to make new bullets. |
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Queen Rania of Jordan | Jordan has always been a country that's very committed to peace. It's been a voice of moderation in this region, and will continue to be that. We really hope that we can do whatever we can to bring some more stability to this region. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Herbert C. Hoover | 1929-1933 | Business has by cooperation made great progress in the advancement of service, in stability, in regularity of employment and in the correction of its own abuses. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | In this way it can make its greatest contribution to general economic stability. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | But we mean to maintain both stability and growth in a climate of freedom. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Our continued prosperity demands continued price stability. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | Both strengthen America and give stability to our economy. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | America's military power is a major force for security and stability in the world. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Sound monetary policy is key to long-running economic strength and stability. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | Let me make clear what I mean by the region's stability and security. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Had Saddam Hussein been appeased instead of stopped, he would have endangered the peace and stability of the world. |
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| "Stability" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.90% of the time. "Stability" is used about 2,101 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.9% | 2,099 | 4,143 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.05% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (common) | 0.05% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,101 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "stability". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Jeconiah | N/A | Biblical | Stability |
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Expressions using "stability": curve of statical stability ♦ directional stability ♦ dynamic stability ♦ dynamic stability control system ♦ Enzyme Stability ♦ inherent stability ♦ longitudinal stability ♦ pitching stability ♦ political stability ♦ price stability ♦ RNA Stability ♦ rolling stability ♦ stability augmentation ♦ stability augmentation feature ♦ stability axes ♦ stability derivatives ♦ stability of weights ♦ stability test ♦ static stability ♦ transverse stability. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "stability": stability-indicating, stability-oriented. | |
Ending with "stability": s-stability. | |
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| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "stability"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | stabilitet, qëndrueshmëri (constancy, durability, firmness, fixity, lasting, permanence, permanency, resistance, stamina, stand up), palëvizshmëri (fixedness, fixity, immobility, immovability, quiescence, quiescency, rest, stasis, stickiness, stillness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | صلابة (callosity, hardihood, hardness, hards, inflexibility, iron, perseverance, reliability, resistance, rigidity, rigorism, singleness, solidity, soundness, steadiness, stiffness, stoutness, strength, stubbornness, tenacity, toughmindness, toughness), الثبات (immutability, irremovability), إستقرار (constancy, fastness, firmness, fixity, settlement, stabilization, steadiness, subsidence), ثبات (constancy, determination, endurance, fastness, firmness, fixedness, fixity, fixture, immobility, immovability, invariability, perseverance, persistence, resolution, solidity, steadiness, stillness), رسوخ (deepness, establishment, fastness, firmness, immovability, rootage, settlement, steadiness), دوام (continuation, continue, duration, endurance, permanence, persistence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | стабилност (durability, fastness, road-holding, soundness, vitality), устойчивост (endurance, firmness, fixity, immovability, resistance, rigidity, vertebration), твърдост (constancy, crispness, endurance, firmness, fixedness, forcefulness, fortitude, granite, hardness, resolution, resolve, rigidity, sand, stoicism, substance, tenacity), постоянство (assiduity, consistency, constancy, firmness, perseverance, persistence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 穩定性 , 稳定 (stabilise, stabilised, stabilising, stabilize, stabilized, stabilizing, stable, steadied, steadying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | stabilita (fixity), stálost (constancy, permanence, permanency, steadiness), rovnováha (balance, equanimity, equilibrium, equipoise, poise, trim), pevnost (fastness, firmness, fixedness, Fort, fortress, keep, post, solidity, steadiness, strength, stronghold, strong-hold, validity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | stabilitet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | stabiliteit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پایداری (Constancy, Endurance, Permanency, Resist, Resistance), استحکام (Backbone, Consistency, Granite, Grit, Rigidity, Solidity, Strength, Substance), ثبات (Constancy, Fortitude, Grit, Permanency, Poise). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vakavuus (earnestness, firmness, seriousness, steadiness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | stabilité (steadiness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Stabilität (firmness, rigidity, robustness, solidity, soundness, steadiness, sturdiness), standfestigkeit (stableness, steadfastness, steadiness), haltbarkeit (defensibility, durability, hard-wearingness, long-lastingness, supportability, tenability), Dauerhaftigkeit (durability, durableness, endurance, lastingness, permanence, permanency). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σταθερότητα (consistence, consistency, constancy, firmness, immutability, permanence, permanency, reliability, stableness, stanchness, steadfastness, steadiness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | יציבות (constancy, durability, fastness, fixity, solidity, steadiness), קביע" (appointing, determination, establishing, fixation, fixing, permanence, steadiness), עמי"" (condition, durability, position, resistance, stand, standing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szilárdság (balance, constancy, fastness, firmness, fixity, immobility, rigidity, solidity, steadiness, strength, sturdiness, substance), stabilitás, rendíthetetlenség (imperturbability), megingathatatlanság, állhatatosság (constancy, fixedness, loylity, perseverance, persistence, persistency, pertinacity, tenacity), állandóság (consistence, consistency, constancy, fixedness, immutability, permanence, permanency), állékonyság. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | stabilit (firmness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 鞏固 (firmness, security, strength), 座り (sitting), 坐り , 復原力 , 強固 (firmness, security, strength), 安定 (equilibrium), スケ番 (bar, energy, free-standing bar, grandstand play, grandstanding, leader of a female gang, road reflector, scoop, scope, scoping, scopophilia, score, scoreboard, scorebook, scorecard, scorer, scoring position, Scotch, Scotch egg, Scotch tape, Scotch terrier, Scotch tweed, Scotch whiskey, Scotland, Scotland Yard, scotophobin, Scott, shovel, Skopolamin, skunk, spade, squall, squawker, stabilizer, staccato, stack, stacking permanent wave, stack-object, stack-pointer, stackware, stadium, stadium jumper, staff, stag film, stag party, stagflation, Stalinism, stamina, stamp, stamp collection, stance, stand, standard, standard number, standards, standby, standby passenger, stand-in, standing start, standing wave, standoff, standpoint, stand-up collar, Stanford, stanza, star, star guide, star king, star player, star sapphire, star system, Star Trek, Star Wars, Star Watching, starch, stardom, stardust, staring lineup, starlet, starlight, Stars and Stripes, start, start dash, start line, starter, starting block, starting member, starting pitcher, static, statistics, statue, Sterling block, Sterling engine, stout, stub, studio, studless tire, study, stuff, stuffed egg, stun, stun gun, stunt car, stunt man, style, style file, stylebook, styling, stylish, stylist, stylus, stymie). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | すわり (sitting), きょう" (firmness, security, strength), ふく'"りょく (righting moment), あ"てい (equilibrium), スタ"リティー . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 안 성. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | shickyrys (assurance, certainty, conviction, security, steadfastness, sureness, validity), fondid (ableness, effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, faculty, solidity, sufficency, validity), beayn-hassooaght (endurance, perseverance), anchorraghys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | abilitystay estabilidade (consistence, consistency, fastness, fixation, fixedness, permanence, permanency, poise, security). (various references) statornicie (constancy, durability, firmness, perseverance, steadfastness, steadiness), stabilitate (constancy, permanence, permanency, poise, steadfastness, steadiness), soliditate (compactness, fastness, firmness, hardness, massiness, reliability, solidity, soundness, stiffness, strength), trãinicie (durability, firmness, lasting, solidity, strength), echilibru (balance, equability, equation, equilibrium, equipoise), consistenţã (consistence, consistency, constancy, firmness, solidity, steadiness). (various references) устойчивость (immunity, steadiness). (various references) stabilnost, postojanost (constancy, constant, immutability, steadfastness, steadiness). (various references) estabilidad (permanence, steadiness). (various references) stabilitet (fixity, stableness). (various references) เสถียร าพ, ความเ"็"เ"ี่ยว. (various references) sarsılmazlık (stableness), sabitlik (constancy, fixity, immobility, immovability, invariability, rigidity, stableness, steadiness), sağlamlık (durability, earthiness, fastness, firmness, hardness, integrity, invulnerability, responsibility, robustness, solidity, soundness, stoutness, sturdiness, substance, substantiality, validity, wholeness), kararlılık (ballast, decision, decisiveness, determination, doggedness, equipoise, fixity, flatness, immovability, inflexibility, insistence, resoluteness, resolution, singleness, singleness of purpose, stableness, steadiness, stoutness, strenght of purpose), istikrar (ballast, constancy, easiness, permanence, permanency, stableness, steadiness, steady, uniformity), güvenilirlik (authenticity, credibility, faithfulness, reliability, responsibility, solidity, trustworthiness), durağanlık (inertia, stableness), dengelilik (equability, poise), denge (balance, countenance, counterpoise, easiness, equation, equilibration, equilibrium, equipoise, poise), değişmezlik (equability, firmness, fixity, immutability, invariability, rigidity, stableness, unchangeablity, uniformity), ayrışmazlık (stableness). (various references) durnuklylyk. (various references) стійкість (ballast, fastness, firmness, fortitude, perseverance, rigidity), стабільність (fixity), постійність (consistency, constancy, persistence). (various references) sự vững v ng (impregnability, stabilization, staunchness), sự vững chắc (cogency, solidity, staunchness), tính bền (durability, durableness), độ bền, độ ổn định. (various references) sefydlogrwydd, diysgogrwydd (steadfastness), cadernid (might). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | stabilitas, stabilitatem. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Isaiah Chapter 33, Verse 6 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | En nomw paradoqhsontai en qhsauroiV h swthria hmwn ekei sofia kai episthmh kai eusebeia proV ton kurion outoi eisin qhsauroi dikaiosunhV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et erit fides in temporibus tuis divitiae salutis sapientia et scientia timor Domini ipse thesaurus eius |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And feith shal ben in thi tymes; richesses of helthe, wisdam and kunnyng; the drede of the Lord, it the tresor of hym. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And she will have no more fear of change, being full of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: the fear of the Lord is her wealth. |
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| Language | Isaiah Chapter 33, Verse 6 |
| Cebuano | Ug moabut ang kalig-on sa imong mga panahon, kadagaya sa kaluwasan, kaalam ug kahibalo: ang kahadlok kang Jehova mao ang imong bahandi. |
| Croatian | Pouzdan je tvoj vijek: mudrost i znanje spasonosno su blago - a strah Gospodnji njegovo bogatstvo. |
| Danish | Trygge Tider skal du have, en Frelsesrigdom er Visdom og Indsigt, HERRENs Frygt er din Skat. |
| Dutch | En het zal geschieden, dat de vastigheid uwer tijden, de sterkte van uw behoudenissen zal zijn wijsheid en kennis; de vreze des HEEREN zal zijn schat zijn. |
| Finnish | Ja hän on sinun aikojesi vakuus, avun runsaus, viisaus ja ymmärrys; Herran pelko on oleva Siionin aarre. |
| French | Tes jours seront en sûreté; La sagesse et l`intelligence sont une source de salut; La crainte de l`Éternel, C`est l le trésor de Sion. |
| German | Und es wird zu deiner Zeit Glaube sein, Reichtum an Heil, Weisheit und Klugheit; die Furcht des HERRN wird sein Schatz sein. |
| Hungarian | És békés lesz a te idõd, gazdag boldogságban, bölcseségben és tudományban; az Úr félelme lesz kincse. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | dan memberi keamanan kepada umat-Nya. Harta yang menyelamatkan mereka adalah kebijaksanaan dan pengetahuan serta hormat kepada TUHAN. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | maka sebab itu hikmat dan pengetahuan akan menjadi ketentuan hal selamatmu, suatu kelimpahan besar dari pada pelbagai selamat, maka takut akan Tuhan itulah akan harta benda mereka itu! |
| Italian | C'è sicurezza nelle sue leggi, ricchezze salutari sono sapienza e scienza; il timore di Dio è il suo tesoro. |
| Maori | A ka u nga wa i a koe; hua tonu te whakaora, te whakaaro nui, te matauranga; ko te wehi ki a Ihowa hei taonga mona. |
| Norwegian | Og det skal komme trygge tider for dig, en fylde av frelse, av visdom og kunnskap; Herrens frykt skal være dets* skatt. # <* Israels.> |
| Portuguese | Será ele a estabilidade dos teus tempos, abundância de salvação, sabedoria, e conhecimento; e o temor do Senhor é o seu tesouro. |
| Rumanian | ,,Zilele tale sknt statornice, knyelepciunea wi priceperea sknt un izvor de mkntuire``; frica de Domnul, iatq comoara Sionului. |
| Swedish | Ja, trygga tider skola komma för dig! Vishet och kunskap bereda Sion frälsning i rikt mått, och HERRENS fruktan skall vara deras skatt. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "stability": adjustability, castability, incontestability, instability, metastability, overstability, testability, thermostability, trustability. (additional references) | |
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"Stability" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sability, sabuleti, stablity. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "stability" (pronounced stubi"lutē) |
| 9 | s t u b i" l u t ē | instability. |
| 8 | -t u b i" l u t ē | acceptability, adaptability, compatibility, convertibility, deductibility, electability, incompatibility, indestructibility, inevitability, irritability, marketability, palatability, portability, predictability, profitability, respectability, suitability, susceptibility, unpredictability. |
| 7 | -u b i" l u t ē | ability, accessibility, admissibility, advisability, affordability, amiability, applicability, availability, believability, capability, comparability, comprehensibility, credibility, culpability, debility, deniability, dependability, desirability, disability, durability, eligibility, enforceability, fallibility, feasibility, flammability, flexibility, gullibility, impossibility, inability, inaccessibility, infallibility, inflexibility, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irresponsibility, legibility, liability, malleability, maneuverability, miscibility, permeability, plausibility, possibility, probability, readability, reliability, responsibility, sensibility, survivability, sustainability, transferability, unavailability, unreliability, variability, viability, visibility, vulnerability. |
| 6 | -b i" l u t ē | immobility, mobility, nobility. |
| 5 | -i" l u t ē | agility, civility, docility, ductility, facility, fertility, fragility, futility, gentility, hostility, humility, incivility, infertility, motility, nonutility, senility, sterility, tranquility, utility, versatility, virility, volatility. |
| 4 | -l u t ē | abnormality, accountability, actuality, banality, bestiality, bisexuality, brutality, causality, centrality, collegiality, commonality, conditionality, confidentiality, congeniality, constitutionality, credulity, criminality, criticality, cyclicality, dimensionality, duality, equality, eventuality, extraterritoriality, fatality, fidelity, finality, formality, frivolity, frugality, functionality, generality, geniality, heterosexuality, homosexuality, hospitality, illegality, immorality, immortality, impartiality, impersonality, incredulity, individuality, inequality, infidelity, informality, instrumentality, irrationality, legality, lethality, liberality, locality, materiality, mentality, modality, morality, mortality, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, neutrality, normality, originality, partiality, personality, plurality, polity, practicality, principality, proportionality, punctuality, quality, rationality, reality, seasonality, sensuality, sentimentality, sexuality, speciality, spirituality, technicality, theatricality, tonality, totality, triviality, universality, unreality, venality, vitality. |
| 3 | -u t ē | absurdity, acidity, activity, acuity, adversity, affinity, aggressivity, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, barbarity, biodiversity, brevity, calamity, capacity, captivity, cavity, celebrity, charity, chastity, clarity, commodity, community, complexity, complicity, conductivity, conformity, congruity, connectivity, continuity, creativity, crotchety, curiosity, deformity, deity, density, depravity, deputy, dexterity, dignity, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, domesticity, duplicity, eccentricity, elasticity, electricity, enmity, enormity, entity, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, exclusivity, expressivity, extremity, falsity, familiarity, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, festivity, fluidity, fraternity, generosity, gratuity, gravity, heredity, heterogeneity, hilarity, homogeneity, humanity, humidity, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illiquidity, immaturity, immunity, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inactivity, incapacity, incongruity, indemnity, indignity, inequity, inferiority, infinity, infirmity, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, insularity, integrity, intensity, irregularity, laity, laxity, levity, liquidity, lividity, longevity, majority, masculinity, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, minority, modernity, monstrosity, morbidity, multiplicity, nativity, necessity, negativity, Nonconformity, nonentity, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, overcapacity, oversensitivity, parity, particularity, passivity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, perpetuity, perplexity, perversity, piety, polarity, pomposity, popularity, posterity, priority, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, purity, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, reactivity, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, religiosity, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, security, selectivity, seniority, sensitivity, serendipity, serenity, severity, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, specificity, spontaneity, stupidity, subjectivity, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, temerity, tenacity, timidity, toxicity, Trinity, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, university, unpopularity, uppity, validity, vanity, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, veracity, Verity, vicinity, virginity, virtuosity, viscosity, voracity, vulgarity. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-i-i-l-s-t-t-y" | |
-2 letters: ability, stibial, tastily. | |
-3 letters: alibis, bialis, bialys, blasty, lyttas, stably, tibial, tibias. | |
-4 letters: alibi, alist, atilt, bails, baits, basil, batts, batty, biali, bialy, bitsy, bitts, bitty, blast, blats, laity, litai, litas, lytta, salty, sibyl, silty, slaty, stilt, styli, tails, tasty, tibia, tilts, titis. | |
-5 letters: ably, abys, ails, aits, albs, alit, alts, bail, bait, bals. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-i-i-l-s-t-t-y" | |
+1 letter: bestiality. | |
+2 letters: castability, instability, suitability, testability. | |
+3 letters: stainability, trustability. | |
+4 letters: adjustability, insatiability, metastability, overstability, resectability, sinterability, unsuitability. | |
+5 letters: exhaustibility, inscrutability, justiciability, justifiability, presentability, respectability, stretchability, substantiality, supportability, sustainability. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
