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Vinony

stabilization

noun

  1. in architecture, retrofitting of platforms or foundations as constructed to improve the bearing capacity and levelness of the supported building.
  2. in medicine, process to help prevent shock in sick or injured people
  3. to make stable, making/becoming stable
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌsteɪ.bəl.ɪzˈeɪ.ʃən/ / /ˌsteɪ.bəl.aɪzˈeɪ.ʃən/ / /ˌst̪ab.əl.ɪzˈeɪ.ʃən/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English stable Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English stabilize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English stabilization From stabilize + -ation.

  1. The process of stabilizing.
  2. The result of being stabilized.

    “The use of solvent stabilizations for individual reagents is analogous to the use of heats of formation to compute heats of reaction.”

  3. A preliminary medical process for sick or injured people to attempt to keep their medical condition from deteriorating too much and too quickly before being treated in depth at a medical facility.