stabilizer

n.

1. One that makes or keeps something stable: "The New Deal equipped the economy with built-in stabilizers" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.).
2. A device, such as a gyroscopically controlled fin, that prevents excessive rolling of a ship in heavy seas.
3. An airfoil that stabilizes an aircraft or missile in flight.
4. Chemistry. A substance that renders or maintains a solution, mixture, suspension, or state resistant to chemical change.

A substance used to increase the stability of a solution or suspension, usually by preventing precipitation.

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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: a chemical that is added to a solution or mixture or suspension to maintain it in a stable or unchanging state

Meaning #2: airfoil consisting of a device for stabilizing an aircraft

Meaning #3: a device for making something stable
  Synonym: stabiliser

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - stabilisator, haleplan

Nederlands (Dutch)
stabilisator

Français (French)
n. - (Aviat, Naut, Tech) stabilisateur, stabilisant

Deutsch (German)
n. - Stabilisator, Stabilisiereinrichtung, (Höhen)flosse

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σταθεροποιητής, ράβδος σταθεροποίησης (αυτοκινήτου), σταμπιλιζατέρ

Italiano (Italian)
stabilizzatore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - estabilizador (m)

Русский (Russian)
стабилизатор, стабилизирующий компонент (топлива)

Español (Spanish)
n. - estabilizador

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - stabilisator, antikoaguleringsmedel

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
稳定器, 水平尾翼, 安定装置

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 穩定器, 水平尾翼, 安定裝置

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 안정시키는 사람, (배의) 안정 장치, (화약 따위의 자연 분해를 막는) 안정제

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 安定させるもの, 安全装置, 安定剤, 安定装置

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جهاز لحفظ توازن السفينه أو الطائرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מייצב‬

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electronic stabilizer	Lightweight Leather Thumb Stabilizer
Image Stabilizer Binoculars	level stabilizer jack