English words for 'stabilization prior to some other process'
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noun
- (countable) The result of being stabilized.
- (uncountable) The process of stabilizing.
- the act of stabilizing something or making it more stable
- (medicine, uncountable) 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.
- the act of making something (as a vessel or aircraft) less likely to overturn
adj
noun
- The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.
- A bank; a sandbank.
- A field or patch of ground lying near a stream; the dale in which a stream flows.
- (UK, dialect, Midlands) A bread roll.
- A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business.
- (computing) A set of data to be processed at one time.
- (by extension) A quantity of anything produced at one operation.
- (Philippines) A graduating class; school class.
- a collection of things or persons to be handled together
- all the loaves of bread baked at the same time
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
verb
adj
- maintaining equilibrium
- firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation
- showing little if any change
- resistant to change of position or condition
- not taking part readily in chemical change
- (computer science, of a sorting algorithm) That maintains the relative order of items that compare as equal.
- (commutative algebra, of a filtration (M_n) of a module M over a ring with respect to an ideal (here I but often a,m,p etc.) of that ring) Eventually satisfying the identity IM_n=M_n+1.
- (computing) Of software: established to be relatively free of bugs, as opposed to a beta version.
- Relatively unchanging, steady, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed.
noun
- a farm building for housing horses or other livestock
- (professional wrestling) A group of wrestlers who support each other within a wrestling storyline.
- A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses.
- (slang) A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp.
- A group of people who are looked after, mentored, or trained in one place or for a particular purpose or profession.
- A coherent or consistent set of things (typically abstract) available or presented; array.
- (sumo) An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.
- (Scotland) A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.
- (metonymic) All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.
verb
verb
- stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations
- succeed in obtaining a position
- fasten or secure with a wooden pin
- pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into
- (transitive, slang) To indicate or ascribe an attribute to.
- (slang, transitive) To engage in anal sex by penetrating with a strap-on dildo.
- (transitive) To fix a value or price.
- (transitive) To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape.
- (intransitive) To keep working hard at something; to peg away.
- (transitive, slang) To reach or exceed the maximum value on (a scale or gauge).
- (cribbage) To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg.
- (transitive, slang) To throw.
- (transitive) To affix or pin.
- (transitive) To fasten using a peg.
- (transitive, kickball) To throw a ball at (someone), to hit (someone) with a ball.
noun
- a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
- a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
- regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument
- small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
- informal terms for the leg
- a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
- (figurative) A support; a reason; a pretext.
- Ellipsis of clothes peg.
- A protrusion used to hang things on.
- (journalism) A topic of interest, such as an ongoing event or an anniversary, around which various features can be developed.
- A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.
- (psychology) An easily recalled image that a person mentally visualizes with something else, in order to remember that other thing. See mnemonic peg system.
- (UK) A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage.
- A step; a degree.
- A place formally allotted for fishing
- (cribbage) A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.
- (finance) A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold.
- (slang) The penetration during anal sex using a strap-on dildo.
- (India) A serving of any hard spirit, particularly whisky.
- (cricket, slang) A stump.
- One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
verb
- bring into balance or equilibrium
- be in equilibrium
- compute credits and debits of an account
- hold or carry in equilibrium
- (transitive) To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate.
- (transitive) To hold (an object or objects) precariously; to support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling.
- (transitive, figurative) To make (concepts) agree.
- (transitive) To make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond.
- (intransitive) To be in equilibrium.
- (transitive, nautical) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass.
- (intransitive) To have matching credits and debits.
- (transitive) To bring (items) to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights.
- (transitive, dance) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally.
noun
- a state of equilibrium
- equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
- the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
- a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat
- (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
- a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
- something left after other parts have been taken away
- a weight that balances another weight
- equality of distribution
- harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
- (uncountable) The overall result of conflicting forces, opinions etc.; the influence which ultimately "weighs" more than others.
- (watchmaking) A device used to regulate the speed of a watch, clock etc.
- (uncountable) Mental equilibrium; mental health; calmness, a state of remaining clear-headed and unperturbed.
- (accounting) A list accounting for the debits on one side, and for the credits on the other.
- (uncountable) A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium.
- (uncountable) Apparent harmony in art (between differing colours, sounds, etc.).
- (literally or figuratively) Something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium; counterweight.
- A pair of scales.
- (law, business, statistics) The remainder.
- (accounting) The result of such a procedure; the difference between credit and debit of an account.
- (uncountable) Awareness of both viewpoints or matters; neutrality; rationality; objectivity.
noun
- A state of balance, equilibrium or stability.
- a state of being balanced in a stable equilibrium
- Unit of viscosity in the centimetre–gram–second system of units (CGS).
- The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed.
- Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation.
- Mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body.
- That which causes a balance; a counterweight.
- (physics) A CGS unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimetre.
- A condition of hovering, or being suspended.
- great coolness and composure under strain
- a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter; the viscosity of a fluid in which a force of one dyne per square centimeter maintains a velocity of 1 centimeter per second
verb
- To ascertain, as if by balancing; to weigh.
- To hold (something) in equilibrium, to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used.
- To keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced.
- be motionless, in suspension
- hold or carry in equilibrium
- cause to be balanced or suspended
- prepare (oneself), often but not necessarily for something unpleasant or difficult
verb
noun
- the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
- time during which some action is awaited
- A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.
- (music) An audio effects unit that introduces a controlled delay.
- (programming, Clojure) Synonym of promise (“object representing delayed result”).
- (chess) An amount of time provided on each move before one's clock starts to tick; a less common time control than increment.
verb
- cause to be slowed down or delayed
- stop or halt
- deprive of freedom; take into confinement
- (transitive) To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.
- (transitive) To seize goods for official purposes.
- (transitive, law enforcement) To put someone under custody.
- (transitive) To keep something from proceeding or coming to completion; to delay.
verb
- cause to be slowed down or delayed
- resist or confront with resistance
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration
- rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat
- resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.
- continue to live and avoid dying
- (figurative) To highlight, as if lifting up for display.
- (transitive) To impede; detain.
- (idiomatic) To fulfil or complete one's part of an agreement.
- (transitive) To support or lift.
- To keep up; not to fall behind; not to lose ground.
- (of a work) To continue to be seen as favorable, to avoid seeming dated.
- (idiomatic) To withstand; to stand up to; to survive.
- (idiomatic) To detain by threatening, usually with a weapon, in order to commit robbery.
- (idiomatic) To maintain composure despite hardship.
- (intransitive, informal) To wait or delay.
noun
- (countable) The result of being stabilized.
- (uncountable) The process of stabilizing.
- the act of stabilizing something or making it more stable
- (medicine, uncountable) 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.
- the act of making something (as a vessel or aircraft) less likely to overturn
noun
- A state of balance, equilibrium or stability.
- a state of being balanced in a stable equilibrium
- Unit of viscosity in the centimetre–gram–second system of units (CGS).
- The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed.
- Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation.
- Mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body.
- That which causes a balance; a counterweight.
- (physics) A CGS unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimetre.
- A condition of hovering, or being suspended.
- great coolness and composure under strain
- a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter; the viscosity of a fluid in which a force of one dyne per square centimeter maintains a velocity of 1 centimeter per second
verb
- To ascertain, as if by balancing; to weigh.
- To hold (something) in equilibrium, to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used.
- To keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced.
- be motionless, in suspension
- hold or carry in equilibrium
- cause to be balanced or suspended
- prepare (oneself), often but not necessarily for something unpleasant or difficult
verb
- bring into balance or equilibrium
- be in equilibrium
- compute credits and debits of an account
- hold or carry in equilibrium
- (transitive) To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate.
- (transitive) To hold (an object or objects) precariously; to support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling.
- (transitive, figurative) To make (concepts) agree.
- (transitive) To make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond.
- (intransitive) To be in equilibrium.
- (transitive, nautical) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass.
- (intransitive) To have matching credits and debits.
- (transitive) To bring (items) to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights.
- (transitive, dance) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally.
noun
- a state of equilibrium
- equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
- the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
- a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat
- (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
- a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
- something left after other parts have been taken away
- a weight that balances another weight
- equality of distribution
- harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
- (uncountable) The overall result of conflicting forces, opinions etc.; the influence which ultimately "weighs" more than others.
- (watchmaking) A device used to regulate the speed of a watch, clock etc.
- (uncountable) Mental equilibrium; mental health; calmness, a state of remaining clear-headed and unperturbed.
- (accounting) A list accounting for the debits on one side, and for the credits on the other.
- (uncountable) A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium.
- (uncountable) Apparent harmony in art (between differing colours, sounds, etc.).
- (literally or figuratively) Something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium; counterweight.
- A pair of scales.
- (law, business, statistics) The remainder.
- (accounting) The result of such a procedure; the difference between credit and debit of an account.
- (uncountable) Awareness of both viewpoints or matters; neutrality; rationality; objectivity.
verb
- stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations
- succeed in obtaining a position
- fasten or secure with a wooden pin
- pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into
- (transitive, slang) To indicate or ascribe an attribute to.
- (slang, transitive) To engage in anal sex by penetrating with a strap-on dildo.
- (transitive) To fix a value or price.
- (transitive) To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape.
- (intransitive) To keep working hard at something; to peg away.
- (transitive, slang) To reach or exceed the maximum value on (a scale or gauge).
- (cribbage) To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg.
- (transitive, slang) To throw.
- (transitive) To affix or pin.
- (transitive) To fasten using a peg.
- (transitive, kickball) To throw a ball at (someone), to hit (someone) with a ball.
noun
- a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
- a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
- regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument
- small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
- informal terms for the leg
- a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
- (figurative) A support; a reason; a pretext.
- Ellipsis of clothes peg.
- A protrusion used to hang things on.
- (journalism) A topic of interest, such as an ongoing event or an anniversary, around which various features can be developed.
- A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.
- (psychology) An easily recalled image that a person mentally visualizes with something else, in order to remember that other thing. See mnemonic peg system.
- (UK) A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage.
- A step; a degree.
- A place formally allotted for fishing
- (cribbage) A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.
- (finance) A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold.
- (slang) The penetration during anal sex using a strap-on dildo.
- (India) A serving of any hard spirit, particularly whisky.
- (cricket, slang) A stump.
- One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
verb
- bring into balance or equilibrium
- be in equilibrium
- compute credits and debits of an account
- hold or carry in equilibrium
- (transitive) To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate.
- (transitive) To hold (an object or objects) precariously; to support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling.
- (transitive, figurative) To make (concepts) agree.
- (transitive) To make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond.
- (intransitive) To be in equilibrium.
- (transitive, nautical) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass.
- (intransitive) To have matching credits and debits.
- (transitive) To bring (items) to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights.
- (transitive, dance) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally.
noun
- a state of equilibrium
- equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
- the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
- a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat
- (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
- a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
- something left after other parts have been taken away
- a weight that balances another weight
- equality of distribution
- harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
- (uncountable) The overall result of conflicting forces, opinions etc.; the influence which ultimately "weighs" more than others.
- (watchmaking) A device used to regulate the speed of a watch, clock etc.
- (uncountable) Mental equilibrium; mental health; calmness, a state of remaining clear-headed and unperturbed.
- (accounting) A list accounting for the debits on one side, and for the credits on the other.
- (uncountable) A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium.
- (uncountable) Apparent harmony in art (between differing colours, sounds, etc.).
- (literally or figuratively) Something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium; counterweight.
- A pair of scales.
- (law, business, statistics) The remainder.
- (accounting) The result of such a procedure; the difference between credit and debit of an account.
- (uncountable) Awareness of both viewpoints or matters; neutrality; rationality; objectivity.
verb
noun
- the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
- time during which some action is awaited
- A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.
- (music) An audio effects unit that introduces a controlled delay.
- (programming, Clojure) Synonym of promise (“object representing delayed result”).
- (chess) An amount of time provided on each move before one's clock starts to tick; a less common time control than increment.
verb
- cause to be slowed down or delayed
- stop or halt
- deprive of freedom; take into confinement
- (transitive) To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.
- (transitive) To seize goods for official purposes.
- (transitive, law enforcement) To put someone under custody.
- (transitive) To keep something from proceeding or coming to completion; to delay.
verb
- cause to be slowed down or delayed
- resist or confront with resistance
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration
- rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat
- resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.
- continue to live and avoid dying
- (figurative) To highlight, as if lifting up for display.
- (transitive) To impede; detain.
- (idiomatic) To fulfil or complete one's part of an agreement.
- (transitive) To support or lift.
- To keep up; not to fall behind; not to lose ground.
- (of a work) To continue to be seen as favorable, to avoid seeming dated.
- (idiomatic) To withstand; to stand up to; to survive.
- (idiomatic) To detain by threatening, usually with a weapon, in order to commit robbery.
- (idiomatic) To maintain composure despite hardship.
- (intransitive, informal) To wait or delay.
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adj
noun
- The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.
- A bank; a sandbank.
- A field or patch of ground lying near a stream; the dale in which a stream flows.
- (UK, dialect, Midlands) A bread roll.
- A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business.
- (computing) A set of data to be processed at one time.
- (by extension) A quantity of anything produced at one operation.
- (Philippines) A graduating class; school class.
- a collection of things or persons to be handled together
- all the loaves of bread baked at the same time
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
verb
adj
- maintaining equilibrium
- firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation
- showing little if any change
- resistant to change of position or condition
- not taking part readily in chemical change
- (computer science, of a sorting algorithm) That maintains the relative order of items that compare as equal.
- (commutative algebra, of a filtration (M_n) of a module M over a ring with respect to an ideal (here I but often a,m,p etc.) of that ring) Eventually satisfying the identity IM_n=M_n+1.
- (computing) Of software: established to be relatively free of bugs, as opposed to a beta version.
- Relatively unchanging, steady, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed.
noun
- a farm building for housing horses or other livestock
- (professional wrestling) A group of wrestlers who support each other within a wrestling storyline.
- A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses.
- (slang) A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp.
- A group of people who are looked after, mentored, or trained in one place or for a particular purpose or profession.
- A coherent or consistent set of things (typically abstract) available or presented; array.
- (sumo) An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.
- (Scotland) A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.
- (metonymic) All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.