stabilizedadj.
1. Made stable.
a. Prevented from oscillating or moving.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > stable > made stable
stabledc1400
stabilized1887
the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [adjective] > established, settled
steadfast1258
groundlyc1275
stablec1290
firmc1374
well-groundeda1393
irradicate1436
well-fixed1567
statary1581
solid1586
confirmed1594
lodged1600
well-entrenched1661
substantive1809
corroborated1822
stabilized1887
1887 Mind Oct. 602 Psychologically, what corresponds to ‘fixed’ force or ‘stabilised’ matter is [etc.].
1958 Times Rev. Industry Sept. 96/1 The country's [sc. South Africa's] highways consist of gravelled or stabilized roads.
1968 R. W. Fairbridge Encycl. Geomorphol. 126/1 Sand-sized pellets from drying crusts of saline flats with 8% or more of clay..form stablized dunes.
1977 ‘D. Rutherford’ Return Load ii. 40 The modern, stabilized vessel provided good accommodation for the drivers.
b. Prevented from fluctuating in value or quality.
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1918 Nation (N.Y.) Feb. 129/2 To give every farmer just returns and stabilized prices.
2. Of cloth: treated in order to prevent stretching or shrinking.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > treated or processed in specific way > [adjective] > other
waulked1490
ungrainedc1503
undressed1535
gummed1598
green1727
greige1835
limp1866
print1883
unweighted1883
sueded1888
satinized1891
crushed1895
beaver-finished1909
Schreinered1929
pre-boarded1940
permanent press1944
perma-pressed1951
perma-press1956
warp-printed1957
stabilized1960
1960 Textile Terms & Definitions (Textile Inst.) (ed. 4) 140 Stabilized finish, treatment applied to a textile material to increase its resistance to dimensional changes in laundering and use.
1977 Austral. Sailing Jan. 41/1 Cheret, Banks and Fogh spinnakers..are made from either 3/ 4 oz or 1/ 2 oz stabilised or zephylite cloth.
3. Made stable in character or behaviour; spec. of a drug addict, able to live more or less normally on a repeated constant dose.
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the world > health and disease > mental health > [adjective] > made stable
stabilized1961
the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > drug addiction or craving > [adjective] > stabilized (of addict)
stabilized1961
1961 Drug Addiction (Min. of Health) 11 Arising also..is the conception of a ‘stabilised addict’... A careful scrutiny of the histories of more than a hundred persons classified as addicts reveals that many of them who have been taking small and regular doses for years show little evidence of tolerance and are often leading reasonably satisfactory lives.
1964 G. L. Cohen What's Wrong with Hospitals? vii. 152 They sit in one charabanc, and the stabilized male chronics in another.
1967 M. M. Glatt et al. Drug Scene in Great Brit. vii. 81 The ‘stabilized addict’, i.e. a person who was able to maintain a fixed dose of the narcotic drug without the need for ever-increasing doses and who, at the same time, was able to follow his occupation.
1976 J. I. M. Stewart Young Pattullo viii. 188 Fish looked stabilized, at least until the following day, when I could take stock of his state again.
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