stabilizer
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English
Alternative forms
- stabiliser (non-Oxford British English)
Etymology
Noun
stabilizer (plural stabilizers) (American spelling, Oxford British English)
- 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.
- Synonym: training wheel
- A gyroscopically controlled fin or similar device that prevents the excess rolling of a ship in rough seas.
- An airfoil that stabilizes the flight of an aircraft or missile.
- (textiles) A piece of backing fabric used in embroidery.
- (mathematics) For a group operating on a set and an element x of the set, the set of all group elements fixing x.
Derived terms
Translations
substance added to something in order to stabilize it
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training wheels on child's bicycle
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fin or similar device that prevents the excess rolling of a ship
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airfoil that stabilizes the flight of an aircraft or missile
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set of group elements fixing an element of a set operated on by the group
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