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stabile
[ adjective stey-bil, -buhl or, especially British, -bahyl; noun stey-beel or, especially British, -bahyl ]
/ adjective ˈsteɪ bɪl, -bəl or, especially British, -baɪl; noun ˈsteɪ bil or, especially British, -baɪl /
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adjective
fixed in position; stable.
Medicine/Medical. resistant to physical or chemical changes.
noun
a piece of abstract sculpture having immobile units constructed of sheet metal, wire, or other material and attached to fixed supports.Compare mobile (def. 10).
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Origin of stabile
OTHER WORDS FROM stabile
non·sta·bile, adjectiveWords nearby stabile
st, sta., stab, Stabat Mater, stabbing, stabile, stabilimeter, stability, stability pact, stabilization, stabilization fund
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How to use stabile in a sentence
Erat nempe Flandria totius prope orbis stabile mercatoribus emporium.
Tu populi tocius firmamentum, tu pacis et libertatis mee basis et stabile, deo aspirante, fundamentum.
Beowulf|R. W. ChambersAlieno in loco haud stabile regnum est—Sovereignty 25 over a foreign land is insecure.
An expression that indicates a Latin original—“judicium firmum et stabile remanebit in perpetuum absque ulla appellatione.”
Iron Making in the Olden Times|H. G. Nicholls
British Dictionary definitions for stabile
stabile
/ (ˈsteɪbaɪl) /
noun
adjective
fixed; stable
resistant to chemical change
Word Origin for stabile
C18: from Latin stabilis
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