🗿 A fixed sculpture 🧪 Not easily changed

stabile

8.2

Does not change easily under heat or chemicals

adjective
/ˈsteɪbəl/

Specialized

: estable

This compound remains stabile even when exposed to heat and light.

Examples

This solution remains stabile even under high pressure.
The DNA structure is remarkably stabile under normal biological conditions.
Engineers designed an alloy that is stabile in highly corrosive environments.
The chemical compound is stabile at room temperature.
The DNA structure is remarkably stabile under normal biological conditions.
This compound remains stabile even when exposed to heat and light.
This solution remains stabile even under high pressure.

Synonyms

robust

vsstabile

112 3.9

Strong and able to work well in difficult conditions

is narrower, focusing on resistance to change under given scientific conditions

stable

vsstabile

Specialized

30 6.6

Not likely to react or change in a chemical way

is about being resistant under specific conditions rather than always unchanged

unfailing

vsstabile

5 4.9

Always reliable and steady

is about resistance to change rather than continual reliable performance

unshakeable

vsstabile

4 4.4

Very firm and cannot be changed or weakened

is resistant under specific conditions but can change in other circumstances

How Stable

robust

112 3.9

stabile

Specialized

8.2

steady

304 2.0

unstable

80 4.4

fluctuating

6.1

Surface Forms

stabile positive

Etymology

Stabile comes from the Latin stabilis, from stare meaning 'to stand', so it originally meant 'standing firm'. That's why in science a stabile describes something that resists change and stays the same under given conditions.