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stabilizer

About 0.65 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Any person or thing that brings stability. Any substance added to something in order to stabilize it, as for example a fuel additive that prolongs the shelf life of petrol. An additional wheel on a bicycle to keep it upright to assist a learner.
  2. noun Any substance added to something in order to stabilize it, as for example a fuel additive that prolongs the shelf life of petrol.
  3. noun An additional wheel on a bicycle to keep it upright to assist a learner.
  4. noun A gyroscopically controlled fin or similar device that prevents the excess rolling of a ship in rough seas.
  5. noun An airfoil that stabilizes the flight of an aircraft or missile.
  6. noun A piece of backing fabric used in embroidery.
  7. noun For a group operating on a set and an element x of the set, the set of all group elements fixing x.

Similar words

stabiliser stabilization stability inhibitor equalization moderator leveling roll thickening drifting

Often followed by

and of bar is in for to or was

Word family

stabilizers

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