Topic: CHEMISTRY
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| Date: | 1200-1300 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | estable, from Latin stabilis, from stare 'to stand' |
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sta‧ble1 W3
1 steady and not likely to move or change [≠ unstable; ↪ stability]: A wide base will make the structure much more stable. Children like a stable environment.
A wide base will make the structure much more stable. in a stable condition British English /in stable condition American English He is said to be in a stable condition in hospital.
He is said to be in a stable condition in hospital.Children like a stable environment.2 calm, reasonable, and not easy to upset [≠ unstable]: He was clearly not a very stable person.
He was clearly not a very stable person.3 technicalHC a stable substance tends to stay in the same chemical or atomic state [≠ unstable]
—stably adverb
