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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : stey-buh-lahyz |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsteɪ bəˌlaɪz |
Definition of stabilize
Origin :- 1861, originally of ships; probably a back-formation from stability. Related: Stabilized; stabilizing.
- verb make or keep in steady state; make resistant to change
- Must mingle other atoms with those before they stabilize in our plane.
- Extract from : « Wanderer of Infinity » by Harl Vincent
- Yet it is plain that the effect of these dinners was to stabilize prices for steel.
- Extract from : « United States Steel » by Arundel Cotter
- Officials anticipate that the rural population will stabilize and that most future increases will be to the towns and cities.
- Extract from : « Area Handbook for Romania » by Eugene K. Keefe, Donald W. Bernier, Lyle E. Brenneman, William Giloane, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole
- Scrub on the remainder, however, serves to stabilize the soil of the forest lands against erosion and to slow the runoff of water.
- Extract from : « Area Handbook for Bulgaria » by Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole
- He felt defeated in his attempts to stabilize his impressions.
- Extract from : « Command » by William McFee
- Trouble was that seemingly nowhere there was any fixed point on which to stabilize the eye.
- Extract from : « The Brain » by Alexander Blade
- Fortunately, if you are strong enough, you stabilize on your own.
- Extract from : « The Psilent Partner » by John Victor Peterson
- Zinc oxide is used to brighten a glaze or to stabilize colour.
- Extract from : « Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers » by George J. Cox
- All these things helped to stabilize the regime of the Manchus.
- Extract from : « A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.] » by Wolfram Eberhard
- Could he have simply claimed to have done so in an effort to stabilize his own power?
- Extract from : « Warlord of Kor » by Terry Gene Carr
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