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sta·ble 1 S0691200 (stā′bəl)adj. sta·bler, sta·blest 1. a. Resistant to change of position or condition; not easily moved or disturbed: a house built on stable ground; a stable platform.b. Not subject to sudden or extreme change or fluctuation: a stable economy; a stable currency.c. Maintaining equilibrium; self-restoring: a stable aircraft.2. Enduring or permanent: a stable peace.3. a. Consistent or dependable: She has been stable in her support for the project.b. Not showing or marked by erratic or volatile emotions or behavior: He remained stable even after he lost his job.4. Physics Having no known mode of decay; indefinitely long-lived. Used of atomic particles.5. Chemistry Not easily decomposed or otherwise modified chemically. [Middle English, from Old French estable, from Latin stabilis; see stā- in Indo-European roots.] sta′ble·ness n.sta′bly adv.
sta·ble 2 S0691200 (stā′bəl)n.1. a. A building for the shelter and feeding of certain domestic animals, especially horses.b. A group of animals lodged in such a building.2. a. All the racehorses belonging to a single owner or racing establishment.b. The personnel employed to keep and train such a group of racehorses.3. A group, as of athletes or entertainers, under common management: a stable of prizefighters.v. sta·bled, sta·bling, sta·bles v.tr. To put or keep in a stable.v.intr. To live in a stable. [Middle English, from Old French estable, from Latin stabulum, stable, standing place; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]Stably a stand or halt of armed men, 1450.ThesaurusAdv. | 1. | stably - in a stable solid fixed manner; "the boulder was balanced stably at the edge of the canyon" | | 2. | stably - in a stable unchanging manner; "the death rate in Russia has been stably high" | EncyclopediaSeestable |