Stabilizer

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Stabilizer, stabiliser, stabilisation or stabilization may refer to:

Chemistry and food processing

• Stabilizer (chemistry), a substance added to prevent unwanted change in state of another substance
  • Polymer stabilizers are stabilizers used specifically is plastic or other polymers
• Stabilizer (food), a type of food additive
• Wood stabilization, a wood preservation process to prevent distortion caused by moisture
• Clarification and stabilization of wine

Mathematics

• Stabilization (category theory)
• Stabilizer subgroup

Technology

• Buoyancy compensator (diving) adjusts buoyancy.
• Stabilizer (aircraft), surfaces to help keep aircraft under control. Includes:
  • Vertical stabilizer of airplanes
  • Tailplane or horizontal stabilizer
• Stabilizer (ship), fins on ships to counteract roll
• Stabilizer, another name for bicycle training wheels
• Stabilizers, the extendable legs mounted on a land vehicle which are folded out when stabilization is required; see Outrigger
• Drilling stabilizer, part of the bottom hole assembly in oil drilling
• Gyroscopic stabilizer (disambiguation), on ships and aircraft
• Gun stabilizer, or gyrostabilizer, a device that helps a moving tank's gunner to aim the gun
• Sway bar, a bar linking the two sides of an automotive suspension
• Stabilization pond, a way of stabilizing wastewater
• Voltage stabilizer, a system designed to automatically maintain a constant voltage

Photography

• Camera stabilizer, an external mechanical device to stabilize the camera as a whole
• Image stabilization, software or hardware that stabilizes the image

Other uses

• Stabilization (architecture) of worn or damaged foundations of a structure
• Stabilization (medical) is a process to help prevent shock in sick or injured people
• Stabilization (warfare), part of counter-insurgency operations
• Automatic stabilizer, an economics term
• Crude oil stabilisation, part of an oil production plant
• Mood stabilizer, a kind of psychiatric medication
• Segmental stabilizers are the muscles which provide support across joints
• Stabiliser cattle, a breed of beef cattle
• Stabilizer code, a concept in quantum error correction
• Stabilizers (band), am American band

See also

• Destabilisation
• Stability (disambiguation)

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