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Stabilizer

noun

A chemical that is added to a solution or mixture or suspension to maintain it in a stable or unchanging state.

Airfoil consisting of a device for stabilizing an aircraft.

A device for making something stable. Synonym: stabiliser.

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"Stabilizer" Quotes from Famous Books

... went to an aviation school in Virginia, under the auspices of the Government, and there learned the rudiments of flying. Tom's father had invented an aeroplane stabilizer, but, as told in the story, the plans and other papers had been ...

— Air Service Boys in the Big Battle • Charles Amory Beach

... How the Figures are Determined. Converting Hours Into Minutes. Changing Speed Hours to Seconds. Pressure as the Square of the Speed. Gyroscopic:Balance. The Principles Involved. The Application of the Gyroscope. Fore and Aft Gyroscopic Control. Angle Indicator. Pendulum Stabilizer. Steering and Controlling Wheel. Automatic Stabilizing Wings. Barometers. Aneroid Barometer. Hydroplanes. Sustaining Weight of Pontoons. ...

— Aeroplanes • J. S. Zerbe***

... physiological potency. Accordingly it is believed that while partial cleavage of the vitamines may result only in a modification of their physiological properties, by certain means disruption may go so far as to effect a complete separation of nucleus and stabilizer, and if it does so will be followed by a loss of curative power due to isomerism. The basis for the assumption that an isomerization constitutes the final and physiologically most significant step in the inactivation of a vitamine is found in the studies ...

— The Vitamine Manual • Walter H. Eddy