Definition of Stabile

1. Noun. A sculpture having fixed units (usually constructed of sheet metal) and attached to a fixed support.

Generic synonyms: Sculpture
Antonyms: Mobile

2. Adjective. (chemistry, physics, biology) resistant to change.
Category relationships: Biological Science, Biology
Similar to: Stable

3. Adjective. Not able or intended to be moved. "The immovable hills"
Exact synonyms: Immovable, Immoveable, Unmovable
Similar to: Immobile
Derivative terms: Immovability, Immovableness

Definition of Stabile

1. Noun. Abstract sculpture or structure of wire, sheet metal, etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stabile

1. a stationary abstract sculpture [n -S]

Medical Definition of Stabile

1. Steady; fixed; denoting: 1) certain constituents of serum unaffected by ordinary degrees of heat; 2) an electrode held steadily on a part during the passage of an electric current. Compare: labile. Origin: L. Stabilis (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stabile

stab wound
stabat mater
stabbable
stabbed
stabber
stabbers
stabbing
stabbingly
stabbings
stabboard
stabby
stabilate
stabilator
stabilators
stabile (current term)
stabiles
stabilimeter
stabilisation
stabilisations
stabilise
stabilised
stabilised baseplate
stabiliser
stabilisers
stabilises
stabilising
stabilitate
stabilities
stability

Literary usage of Stabile

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Geschichte der Musik by August Wilhelm Ambros, Gustav Nottebohm, B. von Sokolowsky, Carl Ferdinand Becker, Heinrich Reimann, Otto Kade (1881)
"... zu seinem Tode im Jahre 1594) und Annibale stabile (Capellmeister im Lateran 1575 bis 1576, dann bei S. Apollinare, von 1592 an in S. Maria Maggiore). ..."

2. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1922)
"furnish sufficient freedom to permit the conversion of the metastabile into the stabile system. If this freedom did not exist at AI of the stabile system, ..."

3. The Men of the Time, Or, Sketches of Living Notables by J C Garlington (1852)
"... and stabile," executed in the then new and difficult art of lithography in colors. This work procured his nomination to the professorship. ..."

4. Men of the Time ; Or, Sketches of Living Notables by J C Garlington (1852)
"... and stabile," executed in the then new and difficult art of lithography in colors. This work procured his nomination to the professorship. ..."

5. Original Treatises: Dating from the XIIth to XVIIIth Centuries on the Arts by Mary Philadelphia Merrifield (1849)
"... STORIA DELLA ORGANIZZAZIONE CIVILE DELLE BELLE ARTI IN VENEZIA PER SERVIRE AL PIANO DI SISTEMA stabile DI QUESTA IMPERIALE E REALE VENETA ACCADEMIA. AN. ..."

6. A System of Physiologic Therapeutics: A Practical Exposition of the Methods by Solomon Solis-Cohen (1901)
"stabile, Labile, and Intermittent Methods. Actions and Indications. Voltaic Alternations. ... stabile ..."

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