stabilizer

[ stey-buh-lahy-zer ]

/ ˈsteɪ bəˌlaɪ zər /

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noun

a person or thing that stabilizes.

Aeronautics. a device for stabilizing an aircraft, as the fixed, horizontal tail surface on an airplane. Compare horizontal stabilizer, vertical stabilizer.

Nautical.

a mechanical device for counteracting the roll of a vessel, consisting of a pair of retractable fins so pivoted as to oppose a downward force with an upward one, and vice versa.
a gyrostabilizer.

any of various substances added to foods, chemical compounds, etc., to prevent deterioration, the breaking down of an emulsion, or the loss of desirable properties.

any compound that, when included with an explosive, decreases the ability of the latter to decompose spontaneously.

a substance, as beeswax or aluminum stearate, added to a fast-drying oil paint to improve the dispersion of pigment.

a comparatively large shock absorber for motor vehicles.

Military.

any of various devices or systems that keep a gun mounted on a moving ship, tank, or plane automatically aimed at its target.
any of various mechanical devices, such as fins, or electronic systems that keep a shell, bomb, rocket, etc., aligned with its target.

Navy. any of various devices or systems used to keep a submarine or a torpedo at the proper depth or in the proper position.

Origin of stabilizer

First recorded in 1905–10; stabilize + -er¹

Words nearby stabilizer

stability pact, stabilization, stabilization fund, stabilization print, stabilize, stabilizer, stabilizer bar, stabilograph, stable, stable door, stable equation

Example sentences from the Web for stabilizer

It eliminates the effectiveness of unemployment compensation as a built in stabilizer.

The Daily Beast Manifesto Divides Economists |Walter McMahon |July 23, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
A man crawled over the tail assembly and found one small hole in the fabric of the stabilizer.

Space Platform |Murray Leinster
Before their eyes they saw the stabilizer fin melt and curl under the intense heat of the bomb.

The Revolt on Venus |Carey Rockwell
It is thus looked on by these advocates as a stabilizer which reduces the amplitude of variations instead of increasing them.

Being Well-Born |Michael F. Guyer

He and the three cadets stared out at a small metallic boxlike object attached to the underside of the stabilizer fin.

The Revolt on Venus |Carey Rockwell
Adjusting the stabilizer of his ship so that she was slightly nose heavy, the pilot headed his plane toward a near-by woods.

The Flying Reporter |Lewis E. (Lewis Edwin) Theiss

British Dictionary definitions for stabilizer

stabilizer

stabiliser

/ (ˈsteɪbɪˌlaɪzə) /

noun

any device for stabilizing an aircraft See also horizontal stabilizer, vertical stabilizer

a substance added to something to maintain it in a stable or unchanging state, such as an additive to food to preserve its texture during distribution and storage

nautical

a system of one or more pairs of fins projecting from the hull of a ship and controllable to counteract roll
See gyrostabilizer

either of a pair of brackets supporting a small wheel that can be fitted to the back wheel of a bicycle to help an inexperienced cyclist to maintain balance

an electronic device for producing a direct current supply of constant voltage

economics a measure, such as progressive taxation, interest-rate control, or unemployment benefit, used to restrict swings in prices, employment, production, etc, in a free economy

a person or thing that stabilizes

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