Stability

n. solidity, firmness, permanence, steadfastness

Stability can refer to:Aircraft flight Stability (aircraft)Atmospheric stability, a measure of the turbulence in the ambient atmosphere BIBO stability (Bounded Input, Bounded Output stability), in signal processing and control theory, part of electrical engineeringDirectional stability, and the tendency for a body moving with respect to a medium to point in the direction of motion. In the context of arrows, darts, rockets and missiles this is also known as 'weathercock stability'. Ecological stability, measure of the probability of a population returning quickly to a previous state, or not going extinctEconomic stabilityNumerical stability, a property of numerical algorithms which describes how errors in the input data propagate through the algorithmPlasma stability, a measure of how likely a perturbation in a plasma is to be damped outRelaxed stability, the property of inherently unstable aircraftStability conditions of waterborne vessels.Stability (probability), a property of probability distributionsStability radius, a property of continuous polynomial functionsStability theory, the study of the stability of solutions to differential equations and dynamical systemsLyapunov stabilityStructural stabilityThe Stability E.P., a 2002 three song EP by Death Cab for Cutie
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Noun
1. the quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast
(synonym) stableness
(antonym) instability, unstableness
(hypernym) steadiness, firmness
2. a stable order
(antonym) instability
(hypernym) order
3. the quality of being free from change or variation
(synonym) constancy
(hypernym) changelessness, unchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangingness
(hyponym) metastability
(attribute) constant

(a.)
The state or quality of being stable, or firm; steadiness; firmness; strength to stand without being moved or overthrown; as, the stability of a structure; the stability of a throne or a constitution.
  

(a.)
Steadiness or firmness of character, firmness of resolution or purpose; the quality opposite to fickleness, irresolution, or inconstancy; constancy; steadfastness; as, a man of little stability, or of unusual stability.
  

(a.)
Fixedness; -- as opposed to fluidity.
  

The invariability of a specified property of a substance, device, or apparatus with time, or under the influence of typically extrinsic factors.