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STABILISER

Dictionary entry overview: What does stabiliser mean?

• STABILISER (noun)
The noun STABILISER has 1 sense:

1. a device for making something stable

Familiarity information: STABILISER used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• STABILISER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A device for making something stable

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

stabiliser; stabilizer

Hypernyms ("stabiliser" is a kind of...):

device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stabiliser"):

fin (a stabilizer on a ship that resembles the fin of a fish)

gyrostabiliser; gyrostabilizer (a stabilizer consisting of a heavy gyroscope that spins on a vertical axis; reduces side-to-side rolling of a ship or plane)

outrigger (a stabilizer for a canoe; spars attach to a shaped log or float parallel to the hull)

anti-sway bar; stabilizer bar (a rigid metal bar between the front suspensions and between the rear suspensions of cars and trucks; serves to stabilize the chassis)

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