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US
/ˈsteɪbəɫ/
]
[ UK /stˈeɪbəl/ ]
[ UK /stˈeɪbəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
showing little if any change
a static population -
resistant to change of position or condition
stable prices
a stable ladder
a stable relationship
a stable peace -
firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation
the economy is stable - maintaining equilibrium
- not taking part readily in chemical change
NOUN
- a farm building for housing horses or other livestock
VERB
-
shelter in a stable
stable horses
How To Use stable In A Sentence
- Within five years, a unified currency in 1933 the "central" issue of "legal tender" currency has been relatively stable, so Donglai Bank has to resume business.
- The receptors so produced pass into the blood, where they combine with the toxine which has been absorbed; the combination is a stable one, and the toxine is thus prevented from combining with the tissue cells. Disease and Its Causes
- The stable oily liquid, which absorbs intense heat, was used as a coolant for electrical transformers and capacitors.
- Poor Sulkorig is dead by misadventure, his head broken by the hoof of the Lord Constable's horse. IRONCROWN MOON: PART TWO OF THE BOREAL MOON TALE
- The constable was on leave and wearing civilian clothes.
- A log cabin, and, occasionally, a stable and corn-crib, and a field of a dozen acres, the timber girdled or "deadened," and fenced, are enough for his occupancy. The Frontier in American History
- That's the forecast for the forecastable future -- showers and thundershowers as the warm and sun suck moisture out of our sodden lebensraum and turn it back into clouds. Showers
- Tom! "he called," yo 'take the gen'leman's horse to the stable, rub him down with a wisp, an' give him some hay. The Boy With the U.S. Census
- Among the refinements are five-way adjustable shocks, stiffer springs and a beefier antiroll bar lacing the rear end. A Boss on the Road With a Peon's Interior
- The system hardware and software has been designed to realize a stable levitation.