Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stability"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stability \Sta*bil"i*ty\, n. [L. stabilitas; cf. F.
stabilit['e]. See {Stable}, a.]
1. The state or quality of being stable, or firm; steadiness;
firmness; strength to stand without being moved or
overthrown; as, the stability of a structure; the
stability of a throne or a constitution.
2. Steadiness or firmness of character, firmness of
resolution or purpose; the quality opposite to
{fickleness}, {irresolution}, or {inconstancy}; constancy;
steadfastness; as, a man of little stability, or of
unusual stability.
3. Fixedness; -- as opposed to {fluidity}.
Since fluidness and stability are contary qualities.
--Boyle.
Syn: Steadiness; stableness; constancy; immovability;
firmness.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stability
n 1: the quality or attribute of being stable [syn: {stableness}]
[ant: {instability}, {instability}]
2: a stable order [ant: {instability}]
3: the quality of being free from change or variation [syn: {constancy}]
[ant: {inconstancy}]
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