stability

English

Etymology

Middle English, from Old French stabilité, from Latin root of stabilitas (“firmness, steadfastness”), from stabilis (“steadfast, firm”)

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Noun

stability (countable and uncountable; plural stabilities)

1. The condition of being stable or in equilibrium, and thus resistant to change
2. The tendency to recover from perturbations

Translations

condition of being stable

Czech: stabilita (cs) f. French: stabilité (fr) German: Stabilität (de) f. Hebrew: יציבות (he) (y'tsivút) f. Interlingua: stabilitate (ia)

Italian: stabilità (it) f. Latin: firmitas (la) f., firmitudo (la), stabilitas (la) f. Romanian: stabilitate (ro) f. Spanish: estabilidad (es) f.

tendency to recover from perturbations

French: stabilité (fr) f. German: Stabilität (de) f. Hebrew: יציבות (he) (y'tsivút) f. Interlingua: stabilitate (ia)

Italian: stabilità (it) f. Latin: firmitas (la) f., firmitudo (la) f., stabilitas (la) f. Romanian: stabilitate (ro) Spanish: estabilidad (es) f.

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Dutch: stabiliteit (nl) f.