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) Food additives are substances added to food to preserve flavor or enhance taste, appearance, or other sensory qualities. Some additives have been used for centuries as part of an effort to preserve food, for example vinegar (pickling), salt (sa ...

, 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 In mathematics, a group action on a space is a group homomorphism of a given group into the group of transformations of the space. Similarly, a group action on a mathematical structure is a group homomorphism of a group into the automorphism ...

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 struct ...

, 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 gyroplane ...

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 gyro ...

, 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 ...

* 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 A camera stabilizer, or camera–stabilizing mount, is a device designed to hold a camera in a manner that prevents or compensates for unwanted camera movement, such as "camera shake". For small hand-held cameras, a harness or contoured fram ...

, an external mechanical device to stabilize the camera as a whole *

Image stabilization Image stabilization (IS) is a family of techniques that reduce blurring associated with the motion of a camera or other imaging device during exposure. Generally, it compensates for pan and tilt (angular movement, equivalent to yaw and pit ...

, software or hardware that stabilizes the image

Other uses

Stabilization (architecture) {{notability, date=May 2019 In civil engineering, stabilization is the retrofitting of platforms or foundations as constructed for the purpose of improving the bearing capacity and levelness of the supported building. Soil failure can occur on a ...

of worn or damaged foundations of a structure *

Stabilization (medical) Stabilization is a process to help prevent a sick or injured person from having their medical condition deteriorate further too quickly before they can be treated in depth at a medical facility. Stabilization is often performed by the first p ...

is a process to help prevent shock in sick or injured people *

Stabilization (warfare) Stabilization is a dynamic to stabilize a region deemed unstable, as part of counter-insurgency in a war. Stabilization programs can include local development activities, like building roads and bridges, water wells, schools, and clinics in remot ...

, part of counter-insurgency operations *

, 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 mood stabilizer is a psychiatric medication used to treat mood disorders characterized by intense and sustained mood shifts, such as bipolar disorder and the bipolar type of schizoaffective disorder. Uses Mood stabilizers are best known for th ...

, 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 The spinal column, a defining synapomorphy shared by nearly all vertebrates, Hagfish are bel ...

are the muscles which provide support across joints *

Stabiliser cattle 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 ...

, a breed of beef cattle * Stabilizer code, 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

Chemistry and food processing

Mathematics

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