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Definition of Stable
Stable

So placed as to resist forces tending to cause motion; of such structure as to resist distortion or molecular or chemical disturbance; -- said of any body or substance.

Firmly established; not easily moved, shaken, or overthrown; fixed; as, a stable government.

Steady in purpose; constant; firm in resolution; not easily diverted from a purpose; not fickle or wavering; as, a man of stable character.

Durable; not subject to overthrow or change; firm; as, a stable foundation; a stable position.

To fix; to establish.

A house, shed, or building, for beasts to lodge and feed in; esp., a building or apartment with stalls, for horses; as, a horse stable; a cow stable.

To put or keep in a stable.

To dwell or lodge in a stable; to dwell in an inclosed place; to kennel.

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Stable Quotations

Moderation of oil prices would be very, very welcome. But overall I think we are in a position of stable growth, sustainable growth, and basically with inflation in check.
John W. Snow

Changing things from the top down works when things are stable.
Kevin Kelly

I am stable when my private life is a success.
Don Johnson

My whole working philosophy is that the only stable happiness for mankind is that it shall live married in blessed union to woman-kind - intimacy, physical and psychical between a man and his wife. I wish to add that my state of bliss is by no means perfect.
David Herbert Lawrence

There is nothing so stable as change.
Bob Dylan

Stable Translations

stable in Danish is fast
stable in Dutch is stevig, vast, hecht, gevestigd
stable in Finnish is luja
stable in German is dauerhaft, Stall, haltbar
stable in Italian is stanla, stalla
stable in Latin is inconcussus, stabilis
stable in Norwegian is stall
stable in Spanish is corral, esatble, establo, caballeriza, estable
stable in Swedish is stabil, stall


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