stabile
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Definition
Adjective:
- Fixed in position; not movable: Describes something that is securely fixed and not intended or able to be moved from its place.
- Resistant to change; stable: In scientific contexts (chemistry, physics, biology), describes a substance, system, or condition that is not easily altered or decomposed.
Noun:
- A type of sculpture: A constructed sculpture, often made of sheet metal or similar materials, with fixed, non-moving parts that is attached to a permanent base or support.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- The heavy anvil was stabile on the workshop floor.
- This chemical compound is remarkably stabile under high temperatures.
Noun:
- The museum's courtyard features a large, colorful stabile by Alexander Calder.
Advanced Usage
- The term stabile is often used in art criticism to distinguish non-moving sculptures from mobiles (moving sculptures), a distinction popularized by artist Alexander Calder, who created both forms.
- In scientific writing, stabile can be a more formal or technical synonym for "stable" when emphasizing complete resistance to change or movement.
Variants and Related Words
- Stability (n): The state of being stable or stabile.
- Stabilize (v): To make or become stable.
- Mobile (n): A moving sculpture, often contrasted with a .
Synonyms
- Adjective: Immovable, fixed, stationary, stable, steady, unchanging.
- Noun: Static sculpture, fixed construction.
Antonyms
- Adjective: Mobile, movable, unstable, changeable.
Adjective
- not able or intended to be moved
- the immovable hills
- (chemistry, physics, biology) resistant to change
Noun
- a sculpture having fixed units (usually constructed of sheet metal) and attached to a fixed support