Definition of Stabiliser

1. Noun. A device for making something stable.

Exact synonyms: Stabilizer
Generic synonyms: Device
Specialized synonyms: Fin, Gyrostabiliser, Gyrostabilizer, Outrigger, Anti-sway Bar, Stabilizer Bar
Derivative terms: Stabilise, Stabilize

Definition of Stabiliser

1. Noun. (qualifier British) (alternative spelling of stabilizer) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Stabiliser

1. 1. That which renders something else more stable. 2. An agent that retards the effect of an accelerator, thus preserving a chemical equilibrium. 3. A part possessing the quality of rigidity or creating rigidity when added to another part. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stabiliser

stabbingly
stabbings
stabboard
stabby
stabilate
stabilator
stabilators
stabile
stabiles
stabilimeter
stabilisation
stabilisations
stabilise
stabilised
stabilised baseplate
stabiliser (current term)
stabilisers
stabilises
stabilising
stabilitate
stabilities
stability
stability conditions
stabilization
stabilizations
stabilize
stabilized
stabilizer
stabilizer bar
stabilizers

Literary usage of Stabiliser

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

1. Hazell's Annual edited by Watson and Viney (1910)
"Between the plane of the elevator and extending a little above the top is a fixed triangular stabiliser. In addition to these supplementary surfaces there ..."

2. Hazell's Annual edited by Watson and Viney (1911)
"Vertical stabiliser. h. Horizontal stabilisers. G, Elevating planes. racing Farman machine various small modifi cations are made, including the cutting away ..."

3. Journal by Helicopter Association of Great Britain (1894)
"It must therefore be suspected that the Bell stabiliser tends to increase the period of oscillation to such an extent that only an unsatisfactory ..."

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