Definition of: stability

(stə·bil′ə·tē) noun plural ·ties
1. The condition of being stable; steadiness.
2. The quality or character of being steady or constant; steadfastness of purpose or resolution.
3. Physics The state of being in stable equilibrium, or the degree of such equilibrium as measured by the force with which a body tends to maintain its condition of rest or steady motion.
4. Aeron. The ability of an aircraft to resume equilibrium when disturbed.
5. A vow to continue in the same profession and order, taken by some Benedictine monks.
6. Obs. Rigidity: opposed to fluidity. [<L stabilitas, -tatis <stabilis. <stare stand. See STABLE¹.]