noun
1The process of making something physically more secure or stable.
‘the derelict buildings will require some structural stabilization’
- ‘Clear elastic is soft and lightweight and has excellent stretch and recovery, making it ideal for soft edge stabilization.’
- ‘If you're making a very large button, the buttonhole may need more stabilization than usual.’
- ‘Most sweater fabrics don't need stabilization except at the shoulder seams.’
- ‘They may be able to do some emergency stabilization, like wedging the coral pieces in the rocks to keep them from rolling around in the waves.’
- ‘Ankle support can be worn within a shoe to provide user with support and stabilization during rigorous activity.’
- 1.1The process of becoming or being made unlikely to change, fail, or decline.
‘the economy is starting to show signs of stabilization’
- ‘stabilization of the patient's cardiac function’
- ‘the corporation's stabilization fund was still in arrears’
- ‘Assistance has been made conditional upon the implementation of macroeconomic stabilization programmes.’
- ‘Whey protein stabilization is important in the formulation of these products.’
- ‘Composting results in stabilization of nitrogen in organic form for use in soils.’
- ‘If tax dollars are going to be spent on bank stabilization and restoration, you want to do the most with the money you have.’
- ‘There will have to be stabilisation on the security front, plus measures to restore confidence.’