Stable
Meanings and phrases
stable
- resistant to change of position or condition
- firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation
- not taking part readily in chemical change
- maintaining equilibrium
- showing little if any change; static; unchanging
stable
- a farm building for housing horses or other livestock; stalls; horse barn
stable
- shelter in a stable
n.
- stable where horses and vehicles are kept for hire
- He drags her into the livery stable and rapes her.
- Carson owned a hardware store and livery stable business on Commercial Street in Los Angeles, in partnership with William T.B.
- By the late 1890s, the store had grown to encompass five different businesses including a dry goods store, feed and seed, blacksmith, livery stable, and grocery store.
n.
- a horse stabled with another or one of several horses owned by the same person; stablemate
- She finished fourth behind her stable companion Busted.
- Jannette raced in second place behind her stable companion Pulsatilla, before taking the lead early in the straight.
- At Newmarket in October Jannette ran against her stable companion Silvio, the 1877 Epsom Derby winner in the Champion Stakes.
n.
- a coagulation factor formed in the kidney under the influence of vitamin K; proconvertin; cothromboplastin; factor VII
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- In this period, settlement became more stable.
- Rhombic sulfur is the more stable of the two allotropes.
- Clearly, the mean is more stable and there is less overfit.
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- Holocene climate has been relatively stable.
- The angle of Earth's axial tilt is relatively stable over long periods of time.
- Generally, work engagement is conceptualized as a relatively stable phenomenon.
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- For a given there is one that is most stable.
- The most stable chlorine radioisotope is Cl.
- Gray arsenic is also the most stable form.
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- ESPN's announcing teams remained stable in the 2005-06 NBA season.
- After 1726 the final "écu" remained stable at six "livres tournois]".
- The consumption of caffeine has remained stable between 1997 and 2015.
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- This product is less stable than crème fraîche when heated.
- GPS receivers have clocks as well, but they are less stable and less precise.
- The latter is less stable and transforms to the former phase upon heating to about 350 °C.
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- It was very stable but extremely expensive.
- In general, DPP-4 inhibitors are not very stable compounds.
- They found the Agena to be very stable and in good condition.
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- The grounds and the stable block are separately Grade II listed.
- The stable block attached at the rear of the house is in a similar style.
- A stable block with bell-tower and clock is located to the west of the house.
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- Oxygen has three stable isotopes, and 14 unstable ones.
- Chlorine has two stable isotopes, Cl and Cl.
- Bromine has two stable isotopes, Br and Br.
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- It has only one stable isotope, caesium-133.
- For 80 of the chemical elements, at least one stable isotope exists.
- Also a study involving stable isotope ratios might include the molecule OO.
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- These states are not stable.
- Robins realised her income from acting was not stable enough to carry her.
- Keshav warns his wife that Bobby is not stable but his wife does not believe him.
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- This is a common species, with an apparently stable population.
- This mouse has a very wide range and is assumed to have a stable population.
- Today it is rare but has a quite stable population; 280 pairs were counted in 1993.
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- Station usage at some stations remain stable.
- Those with masses up to the limit remain stable as white dwarfs.
- The platinum detecting wire needs to be kept free of contamination to remain stable.
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- They are habitat restricted, so the population is stable but not large.
- The population is stable.
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- Copeland was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.
- This change in value does not imply that the value has reached a stable condition.
- Luckily, the operation went good and Turković has been in a stable condition ever since.
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- Robins realised her income from acting was not stable enough to carry her.
- The U.S. did not feel that conditions were stable enough to withdraw until 1979.
- The economy was stagnating, but stable enough for the Soviet Union to continue into the 21st century.
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- The first stable release was announced on February 20, 2018.
- In 2016 the first stable semisynthetic organism was created.
- It was the start of the first stable Labor government in the world.