stabilization

[ stey-buh-li-zey-shuh n ]

/ ˌsteɪ bə lɪˈzeɪ ʃən /

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noun

the act or process of stabilizing or the state of being stabilized.

Also called stabilization process. Photography. a process for making temporary black-and-white prints using special sensitized paper (stabilization paper) that can be rapidly processed through one or two solutions that quickly develop and stabilize the nonpermanent image.

Nearby words

stabilate, stabile, stabilimeter, stability, stability pact, stabilization, stabilization fund, stabilization print, stabilize, stabilizer, stabilizer bar

Origin of stabilization

First recorded in 1920–25; stabilize + -ation

Related forms

re·sta·bi·li·za·tion, noun

Examples from the Web for stabilization

There are a number of elements of a stabilization strategy without which instability becomes a virtual certainty.
The U.S.’s ‘Yadda, Yadda, Yadda’ Doctrine for Syria|Jeremy Shapiro|September 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Both should know by now that amateurs do regime change; professionals do stabilization.
The U.S.’s ‘Yadda, Yadda, Yadda’ Doctrine for Syria|Jeremy Shapiro|September 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Argue why the stimulus was necessary to begin but say that when stabilization occurs, deficit reduction must be a bipartisan goal.
Obama Needs a Second-Term Agenda in His Democratic Convention Speech|John Avlon|September 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The data suggests that the housing recovery may finally be leaving the stabilization stage and returning to growth.
Case-Shiller Says U.S. Home Values Rose in June|Daniel Gross|August 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Or, as Joan Solsman at the Journal wrote, with “stabilization in the hardest-hit housing markets.”
For the Housing Market, a Home Depot Recovery|Alex Klein|August 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Under Communist rule the stabilization of the class differentiations had lessened social mobility both upward and downward.
Area Handbook for Albania|Eugene K. Keefe
It seems that this alignment is for a stabilization in leaping.
Speciation in the Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys ordii|Henry W. Setzer
During the stabilization course one professor had permitted him to skip some classes.
The Psilent Partner|John Victor Peterson
Stabilization of living costs and the halting of inflation protected the value of pensions and savings.
Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006|Various
Early reenactment of the stabilization statute of October, 1942.
State of the Union Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt