Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stabilization

/ˌsteɪ.bəl.ɪzˈeɪ.ʃən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.30 in modern English

Syllables: sta-bil-iz-a-tion
IPA: /ˌsteɪ.bəl.ɪzˈeɪ.ʃən/

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The process of stabilizing.

American usage; Uncountable

noun

The result of being stabilized.

American usage; Countable

noun

A preliminary medical process for sick or injured people to attempt to keep their medical condition from deteriorating too much and too quickly before being treated in depth at a medical facility.

American usage; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The use of solvent stabilizations for individual reagents is analogous to the use of heats of formation to compute heats of reaction."

Etymology

Etymology tree English stable Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English stabilize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English stabilization From stabilize + -ation.

Usage

Inflected Forms

stabilizations (plural) stabilisation (alternative)

Derived Forms

acidostabilization autostabilization biostabilization destabilization gyrostabilization hyperstabilization overstabilization photostabilization phytostabilization prestabilization restabilization superstabilization

Phrases

stabilization fund trauma-informed stabilization treatment

Synonyms

stabilisation

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization nation location application

Questions

How do you pronounce stabilization?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsteɪ.bəl.ɪzˈeɪ.ʃən/.
What does stabilization mean?: The process of stabilizing.
Where does stabilization come from?: Etymology tree English stable Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English stabilize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English stabilization From stabilize + -ation.

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