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stabiliˈzation
[f. stabilize v.]
a. The action or process of stabilizing.
1887Mind Oct. 602 With this ‘fixation of force’ goes the ‘stabilisation of matter’. 1922World's Paper Trade Rev. 10 Mar. 767/1 Stabilisation of wages is an urgent necessity in order that the industry might enjoy continued peace. 1945Electronic Industries Sept. 226 Stabilization, a system for maintaining a radar beam in a desired direction in space despite the roll and pitch of the ship or aircraft. 1963B. Fozard Instrumentation & Control Nucl. Reactors x. 122 Stabilisation of heater current is conveniently arranged by joining the valve heaters in series and supplying them with direct current from a regulated supply. 1975Petroleum Rev. XXIX. 92/1 The stabilisation consists of the separation of light hydrocarbon components from the raw crude so that the ‘stabilised’ product is ‘stable’ in the sense that it can be stored and handled under atmospheric conditions.
b. attrib.
1940Times 5 June 7/4 Inasmuch as the wage structure of the country has reached a stabilization point, the only justification for wage adjustments now will be in conditions common to all industry. 1958Spectator 6 June 752/2 Sir Oliver Franks..called for a ‘stabilisation’ loan [from the U.S.] and the reinforcement of the IMF resources. 1969Advancement of Sci. XXVI. 65/2 Management was thus seen as concerned primarily with stabilization policy and with the short-run, since stability is by definition a short-term affair. 1974Daily Tel. 11 Mar. 18/5 The South African government may introduce a gold stabilisation fund. |