autostabilizationn.
/ˌɔːtə(ʊ)ˌsteɪbᵻlʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, /ˌɔːtə(ʊ)ˌsteɪbl̩ʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌɔdəˌsteɪbələˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌɔdoʊˌsteɪbələˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌɑdəˌsteɪbələˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌɑdoʊˌsteɪbələˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ Automatic stabilization.
ΚΠ
1948 Brit. Patent 614,386 1/1 The autostabilisation of the temperature of the device [sc. a nuclear reactor].
1960 Times 1 June 6/6 They have..gone a long way towards solving the safety and engineering problems of autostabilization.
1974 Jrnl. Confl. Resol. 18 35 Overall budgetary studies are of interest merely as elucidating an autostabilization device.
2000 R. V. Dukkipati Vehicle Dynamics vi. 441 It is highly desirable to have small hydrofoil surfaces on sidewall craft, firstly as trim devices and secondly as auto-stabilization devices.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
<
n.1948