stabilization

The process of stabilizing.

Noun

  1. The process of stabilizing.
  2. The result of being stabilized.
    • The use of solvent stabilizations for individual reagents is analogous to the use of heats of formation to compute heats of reaction. - 1989, John E. Leffler, Rates and Equilibria of Organic Reactions as Treated by...
  3. A preliminary medical process for sick or injured people to attempt to keep their medical condition from deteriorating too much and too quickly before being treated in depth at a medical facility.

Origin

Etymology tree English stable Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English stabilize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English stabilization From stabilize + -ation.

Forms

stabilizations stabilisation

Hyponyms

self-stabilization

Derived

acidostabilization autostabilization biostabilization destabilization gyrostabilization hyperstabilization overstabilization photostabilization phytostabilization prestabilization restabilization stabilization fund superstabilization thermostabilization trauma-informed stabilization treatment vermistabilization