stabilizer: meaning and definitions

One that makes or keeps something stable:"The New Deal equipped the economy with built-in stabilizers"(Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.).

A device, such as a gyroscopically controlled fin, that prevents excessive rolling of a ship in heavy seas.

An airfoil that stabilizes an aircraft or missile in flight.

Chemistry A substance that renders or maintains a solution, mixture, suspension, or state resistant to chemical change.