Stabilizer, stabiliser, stabilisation or stabilization may refer to:

Chemistry and food processing

Stabilizer (chemistry) In industrial chemistry, a stabilizer or stabiliser is a chemical that is used to prevent degradation. File:BigPhosphite31570-04-4.png, Tris(2,4-di-tert-butylphenyl)phosphite is a widely used stabilizer in polymers. File:HALSgeneric.png, Partial ...

, 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 Wood Stabilization is a series of processes which use pressure and/or vacuum to impregnate wood cellular structure with certain monomers, acrylics, phenolics or other resins to improve dimensional stability and/or material properties. When exp ...

, a wood preservation process to prevent distortion caused by moisture * Clarification and stabilization of wine

Mathematics

Stabilization (category theory) 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 use ...

* Stabilizer subgroup

Technology

Stabilizer (aircraft) An aircraft stabilizer is an aerodynamic surface, typically including one or more movable control surfaces, that provides longitudinal (pitch) and/or directional (yaw) stability and control. A stabilizer can feature a fixed or adjustable struc ...

, surfaces to help keep aircraft under control. Includes: **

Vertical stabilizer A vertical stabilizer or tail fin is the static part of the vertical tail of an aircraft. The term is commonly applied to the assembly of both this fixed surface and one or more movable rudders hinged to it. Their role is to provide control, sta ...

of airplanes **

Tailplane A tailplane, also known as a horizontal stabiliser, is a small lifting surface located on the tail (empennage) behind the main lifting surfaces of a fixed-wing aircraft as well as other non-fixed-wing aircraft such as helicopters and gyroplan ...

or horizontal stabilizer *

Stabilizer (ship) Ship stabilizers (or stabilisers) are fins or rotors mounted beneath the waterline and emerging laterally from the hull to reduce a ship's roll due to wind or waves. ''Active fins'' are controlled by a gyroscopic control system. When the gyr ...

, fins on ships to counteract roll * Stabiliser, 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 An outrigger is a projecting structure on a boat, with specific meaning depending on types of vessel. Outriggers may also refer to legs on a wheeled vehicle that are folded out when it needs stabilization, for example on a crane that lifts h ...

* 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 Waste stabilization ponds (WSPs or stabilization ponds or waste stabilization lagoons) are ponds designed and built for wastewater treatment to reduce the organic content and remove pathogens from wastewater. They are man-made depressions confine ...

, a way of stabilizing wastewater *

Voltage stabilizer A voltage regulator is a system designed to automatically maintain a constant voltage. A voltage regulator may use a simple feed-forward design or may include negative feedback. It may use an electromechanical mechanism, or electronic componen ...

, 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 * Stabilizer subgroup, a concept in group theory *

Automatic stabilizer In macroeconomics, automatic stabilizers are features of the structure of modern government budgets, particularly income taxes and welfare spending, that act to damp out fluctuations in real GDP. The size of the government budget deficit tends to ...

, an economics term * Crude oil stabilisation, part of an oil production plant * Mood stabilizer, a kind of psychiatric medication *

Segmental stabilizers In anatomy and physiology, segmental stabilizers are the muscles which provide support across joints, as in the multifidus across spinal vertebrae. In fitness Segmental stabilizers align bones, such as the spine, so as to reduce stress during ...

are the muscles which provide support across joints * Stabiliser cattle, a breed of

beef cattle Beef cattle are cattle raised for meat production (as distinguished from dairy cattle, used for milk production). The meat of mature or almost mature cattle is mostly known as beef. In beef production there are three main stages: cow-calf oper ...

Stabilizer code The theory of quantum error correction plays a prominent role in the practical realization and engineering of quantum computing and quantum communication devices. The first quantum error-correcting codes are strikingly similar to classical block ...

, a concept in quantum error correction *

Stabilizers (band) Stabilizers were an United States, American pop/rock duo from Erie, Pennsylvania, founded in the mid-1980s by musicians Dave Christenson (lead vocals) and England-born Rich Nevens (guitars and occasional keyboards).

, am American band

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