'Stability' definitions:
Definition of 'stability'
(from WordNet)
noun
The quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast [syn: stability, stableness] [ant: instability, unstableness]
noun
A stable order (especially of society) [ant: instability]
noun
The quality of being enduring and free from change or variation; "early mariners relied on the constancy of the trade winds" [syn: constancy, stability] [ant: changefulness, inconstancy]
Definition of 'Stability'
From: GCIDE
- Stability \Sta*bil"i*ty\ (st[.a]*b[i^]l"[i^]*t[y^]), n. [L. stabilitas; cf. F. stabilit['e]. See Stable, a.]
- 1. The state or quality of being stable, or firm; steadiness; stableness; firmness; strength to stand without being moved or overthrown; as, the stability of a structure; the stability of a throne or a constitution. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Steadiness or firmness of character; firmness of resolution or purpose; the quality opposite to fickleness, irresolution, or inconstancy; constancy; steadfastness; as, a man of little stability, or of unusual stability. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Fixedness; -- as opposed to fluidity. [1913 Webster]
- Since fluidness and stability are contrary qualities. --Boyle. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Steadiness; stableness; constancy; immovability; firmness. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'stability'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abidingness,
- abnegation,
- abstinence,
- accordance,
- age,
- antiquity,
- application,
- assiduity,
- assiduousness,
- authenticity,
- authoritativeness,
- body,
- bulldog tenacity,
- calculability,
- calm,
- calmness,
- ceaselessness,
- changelessness,
- coeternity,
- cohesion,
- concentration,
- concreteness,
- consecutiveness,
- conservatism,
- consistency,
- consonance,
- constancy,
- constant flow,
- constraint,
- continence,
- continualness,
- continuance,
- continuity,
- continuousness,
- control,
- cool,
- correspondence,
- defeat of time,
- defiance of time,
- density,
- dependability,
- determination,
- diligence,
- dispassion,
- diuturnity,
- dogged perseverance,
- doggedness,
- durability,
- durableness,
- duration,
- endlessness,
- endurance,
- engrossment,
- equability,
- equanimity,
- equilibrium,
- eternalness,
- eternity,
- evenness,
- ever-duringness,
- everlastingness,
- everness,
- faithworthiness,
- featurelessness,
- fidelity,
- firmness,
- fixedness,
- foreverness,
- frozenness,
- fullness,
- gaplessness,
- gentleness,
- golden mean,
- happy medium,
- hardening,
- hardness,
- homogeneity,
- immobility,
- immovability,
- immovableness,
- immutability,
- impartiality,
- incessancy,
- indefatigability,
- indestructibility,
- industriousness,
- industry,
- infinite duration,
- infinity,
- insistence,
- insistency,
- interminability,
- invariability,
- invariableness,
- inveteracy,
- invincibility,
- jointlessness,
- judiciousness,
- juste-milieu,
- lastingness,
- lenity,
- long standing,
- long-lastingness,
- long-livedness,
- longevity,
- loyalty,
- maintenance,
- mass,
- materiality,
- meden agan,
- middle way,
- mildness,
- moderateness,
- moderation,
- moderationism,
- monolithism,
- monotony,
- neutrality,
- never-endingness,
- nonviolence,
- nothing in excess,
- obstinacy,
- pacifism,
- palpability,
- patience,
- patience of Job,
- perdurability,
- perennation,
- perenniality,
- perennialness,
- permanence,
- permanency,
- perpetualness,
- perpetuity,
- perseverance,
- persistence,
- persistency,
- pertinaciousness,
- pertinacity,
- plenitude,
- plodding,
- plugging,
- ponderability,
- predictability,
- preoccupation,
- prudence,
- quiescence,
- relentlessness,
- reliability,
- repose,
- resoluteness,
- resolution,
- resolve,
- restraint,
- rigidity,
- seamlessness,
- secureness,
- security,
- sedulity,
- sedulousness,
- self-abnegation,
- self-control,
- self-denial,
- self-restraint,
- sempiternity,
- serenity,
- single-mindedness,
- singleness of purpose,
- slogging,
- smoothness,
- sobriety,
- solidity,
- solidness,
- soundness,
- stableness,
- stamina,
- standing,
- stasis,
- staunchness,
- staying power,
- steadfastness,
- steadiness,
- steady state,
- stick-to-itiveness,
- stoutness,
- strength,
- stubbornness,
- sturdiness,
- substance,
- substantiality,
- substantialness,
- successiveness,
- survival,
- survivance,
- tangibility,
- temper,
- temperance,
- temperateness,
- tenaciousness,
- tenacity,
- timelessness,
- tirelessness,
- torpor,
- toughness,
- tranquillity,
- trustworthiness,
- unbrokenness,
- unceasingness,
- unchangeability,
- unchangingness,
- undifferentiation,
- unerringness,
- unexcessiveness,
- unextravagance,
- unextremeness,
- uniformity,
- unintermittedness,
- uninterruptedness,
- uninterruption,
- unity,
- unrelievedness,
- unremittingness,
- unruffledness,
- unswerving attention,
- validity,
- via media