STABILIZER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A device for making something stable

Synonyms:

stabiliser; stabilizer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("stabilizer" is a kind of...):

device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stabilizer"):

fin (a stabilizer on a ship that resembles the fin of a fish)

gyrostabiliser; gyrostabilizer (a stabilizer consisting of a heavy gyroscope that spins on a vertical axis; reduces side-to-side rolling of a ship or plane)

outrigger (a stabilizer for a canoe; spars attach to a shaped log or float parallel to the hull)

anti-sway bar; stabilizer bar (a rigid metal bar between the front suspensions and between the rear suspensions of cars and trucks; serves to stabilize the chassis)

Derivation:

stabilize (make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Airfoil consisting of a device for stabilizing an aircraft

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("stabilizer" is a kind of...):

aerofoil; airfoil; control surface; surface (a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stabilizer"):

horizontal tail (the horizontal stabilizer and elevator in the tail assembly of an aircraft)

tail fin; tailfin; vertical fin; vertical stabiliser; vertical stabilizer (a stabilizer that is part of the vertical tail structure of an airplane)

Holonyms ("stabilizer" is a part of...):

empennage; tail; tail assembly (the rear part of an aircraft)

Derivation:

stabilize (make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A chemical that is added to a solution or mixture or suspension to maintain it in a stable or unchanging state

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("stabilizer" is a kind of...):

chemical; chemical substance (material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules)

Derivation:

stabilize (make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium)

Credits

Context examples:

Calcium sulfate is used in electroplating, vacuum tubes, fluorescent screens, analytical chemistry, as a fungicide and as a chemical intermediate to produce cadmium containing pigments and stabilizers.

(Cadmium Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

Cadmium chloride is used in electroplating, printing, photocopying, dyeing, mirrors, vacuum tubes, lubricants, analytical chemistry and as a chemical intermediate to produce cadmium containing pigments and stabilizers.

(Cadmium Chloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Glycidol is used as a stabilizer for natural oils and vinyl polymers, as an alkylating agent, a sterilant, a demulsifier, a dye-leveling agent and it is also used as an intermediate in the synthesis of glycerol, glycidyl ethers and amines.

(Glycidol, NCI Thesaurus)

G-quadruplex stabilizer BMVC, preferentially uptaken by cancer cells, binds to and stabilize the telomeric G-quadruplex structure at the end of DNA; when visualized with fluorescent imaging device, BMVC emits bright fluorescent light and can be used to differentiate tumor cells from normal cells.

(G-Quadruplex Stabilizer BMVC, NCI Thesaurus)

Stabilizers also slow down melting, prevent wheying off (the leaking of a clear watery serum), help avoid shrinking during storage and increase your mouth's perception of creaminess.