stabilization meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

stabilization

noun

/ˌsteɪ.bəl.ɪzˈeɪ.ʃən/ · /ˌsteɪ.bəl.aɪzˈeɪ.ʃən/

Etymology From stabilize + -ation.

British, English, Oxford, US The process of stabilizing.

British, English, Oxford, US 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 Statistical, Thermodynamic, and Extrathermodynamic Methods:

Medicine, Sciences British, English, Oxford, US 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.

Derived terms: acidostabilization, autostabilization, biostabilization, destabilization, gyrostabilization, hyperstabilization, overstabilization, photostabilization, phytostabilization, prestabilization, restabilization, stabilization fund, superstabilization, thermostabilization, trauma-informed stabilization treatment, vermistabilization
Hyponyms: self-stabilization