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adjective

Stable adj.

1.

Firmly established; not easily moved, shaken, or overthrown; fixed; as, a stable government. "In this region of chance,... where nothing is stable."

2.

Steady in purpose; constant; firm in resolution; not easily diverted from a purpose; not fickle or wavering; as, a man of stable character. "And to her husband ever meek and stable."

3.

Durable; not subject to overthrow or change; firm; as, a stable foundation; a stable position.

4.

(Physics) So placed as to resist forces tending to cause motion; of such structure as to resist distortion or molecular or chemical disturbance; said of any body or substance.

Stable equilibrium (Mech.), the kind of equilibrium of a body so placed that if disturbed it returns to its former position, as in the case when the center of gravity is below the point or axis of support; opposed to unstable equilibrium, in which the body if disturbed does not tend to return to its former position, but to move farther away from it, as in the case of a body supported at a point below the center of gravity. Cf. Neutral equilibrium, under Neutral.

Synonyms: Fixed; steady; constant; abiding; strong; durable; firm.

noun

Stable n. A house, shed, or building, for beasts to lodge and feed in; esp., a building or apartment with stalls, for horses; as, a horse stable; a cow stable.

Stable fly (Zool.), a common dipterous fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) which is abundant about stables and often enters dwellings, especially in autumn; called also biting house fly. These flies, unlike the common house flies, which they resemble, bite severely, and are troublesome to horses and cattle. They differ from the larger horse fly.

verb

Stable v. t. To fix; to establish. (Obs.)

Stable v. t. (past & past part. stabled; pres. part. stabling) To put or keep in a stable.

Stable v. i. To dwell or lodge in a stable; to dwell in an inclosed place; to kennel.

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Etymology of 'Stable'

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"Stable" Quotes from Famous Books

... the hall, and descended the stairs, and came to the stable where his horse was. He bade saddle and bridle him; and setting foot in stirrup, he mounted and rode forth out of the castle, and went on till he came to the forest. He rode till he reached the spring, and came upon the herdboys at the point of None. They had ...

— Aucassin and Nicolette - translated from the Old French • Anonymous

... does not freeze. Colonel Platt was here, and has taken the four red cases that was in the wine-room; and he asked me for a square box, and as you had not told me of it, I said that I had never seen it. There is nothing in the stable; but don't know what is in Sam's room, as he has locked the door. We are happy to hear that Sam, and George, and the horses are in good order, and all the family gives ...

— Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Complete • Matthew L. Davis

... administered constantly by the Catholic clergy. It is true they date their letters "from the place of refuge" (e loco refugii nostri), which might be the wood nearest to their old and ruined parish-church, or the barn or stable of some friend, who dared not shelter them in his house; yet this was no hindrance to their ministrations; for we find Dr. Loftus complaining to Sir William Cecil that the persecuted Bishop of Meath, Dr. Walsh, was "one ...

— An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 • Mary Frances Cusack

... major as to show his animals to every new acquaintance, he doffed his uniform, and putting on his suit of Uxbridge satinet, which rather increased the rotundity of his figure, sallied forth to the stable, and there found old Battle quietly eating hay in the stalls, and the pig fast locked up in his cage. A groom led the limping animal out, and as he hobbled along the floor, a perfect Bucephalus ...

— The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter • "Pheleg Van Trusedale"

... like a procession of golden flames passing in magic sequence amid yellowing woods and over the brown and spongy gold of salt meadows which had been sheared for stable bedding. And everywhere over their land lay the dun-coloured velvet squares of freshly ploughed fields awaiting unfragrant fertilizer and the ...

— Athalie • Robert W. Chambers

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