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Dictionary: sta·bile   (stā'bĭl, -bəl, -bīl', -bēl') pronunciation
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adj.
Immobile; unchangeable; stable.

n.
An abstract sculpture, usually of sheet metal, resembling a mobile but having no moving parts.

[Latin stabilis, stable. See stable1.]


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(sta′ bil)
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Resistant to movement; fixed or stationary. See also stable.

 
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stabile (stā'bēl), an abstract construction that is completely stationary. The form was pioneered by Alexander Calder, and examples were termed stabiles to distinguish them from mobiles, their moving counterparts, also invented by Calder.

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(stā'bĭl, -bəl, -bīl', -bēl')
adj.

Resistant to change; stable; steady.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a sculpture having fixed units (usually constructed of sheet metal) and attached to a fixed support
  Antonym: mobile (meaning #3)

The adjective stabile has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: (chemistry, physics, biology) resistant to change

Meaning #2: not able or intended to be moved
  Synonyms: immovable, immoveable, unmovable

 
 
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