stabilizers
Devices preventing wobble
Stabilizers are devices or substances that keep something steady or prevent unwanted change.
On aircraft, stabilizers are the horizontal and vertical tail surfaces that maintain stable flight.
In food chemistry, stabilizers are additives that preserve texture and prevent separation: The ice cream contains stabilizers to keep it smooth.
Training wheels on a bicycle are sometimes called stabilizers, especially in British English.
In any context, stabilizers counteract forces that would otherwise cause instability.
Agents binding immiscible liquids
- thickenersSubstances increasing viscosity
- preservativesDecay-preventing substances
- pectinFruit-based setting substance
- xanthanPolysaccharide food additive
lecithin · guar gum · agar · gelatin · locust bean gum · modified starch · alginate · texturizers
Spinning disc measuring orientation
- gimbalPivoted rotational support
- dampersThings that restrain intensity
- shock absorbersDevices that reduce jolts
- counterweightsMasses balancing a load
ballast · outriggers · levelers · anti-roll bar · sway bar · suspension · hydraulics · servomechanism
Rear stabilizing appendage
- rudderPivoting stern blade
- elevatorVertical conveyance between floors
- trim tabSecondary aerodynamic control surface
- fuselageAircraft's central structure
airfoil · aerodynamics · fixed wing · control surface · yaw · pitch · flight control · fin
State of balance
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- anchoringFastening securely to position
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- foundationUnderlying support structure
bracing · counterbalance · steadfastness · firmness · leveling · alignment · calibration · centering
emulsifiers
Agents binding immiscible liquids
- thickenersSubstances increasing viscosity
- preservativesDecay-preventing substances
- pectinFruit-based setting substance
xanthan · lecithin · guar gum · agar · gelatin · locust bean gum · modified starch · alginate · texturizers · binding agents
gyroscope
Spinning disc measuring orientation
- gimbalPivoted rotational support
- dampersThings that restrain intensity
- shock absorbersDevices that reduce jolts
counterweights · ballast · outriggers · levelers · anti-roll bar · sway bar · suspension · hydraulics · servomechanism · actuator
tailfin
Rear stabilizing appendage
- rudderPivoting stern blade
- elevatorVertical conveyance between floors
- trim tabSecondary aerodynamic control surface
fuselage · airfoil · aerodynamics · fixed wing · control surface · yaw · pitch · flight control · fin · tailplane
equilibrium
State of balance
foundation · bracing · counterbalance · steadfastness · firmness · leveling · alignment · calibration · centering · grounding
- winemaking additivesbentonite, gelatin, isinglass, casein, egg whites
- archeryarrow, bow, bows, arrows, archer
- chemicalschemicals, compounds, acids, reagents, solutions
- keyboardskeyboard, keys, piano, pianos, organ
- sewing suppliesneedle, needles, thread, pins, scissors
- embroiderycross stitch, cross-stitch, French knot, needlepoint, crewelwork
stabilizersdestabilizers
Agents causing instability
disruptors · agitators · disturbers · catalysts · accelerants
stabilizersaccelerators
Things that speed up
propellers · thrusters · boosters · amplifiers · oscillators
stabilizersaccelerators
Things that speed up
catalysts · amplifiers · boosters · enhancers · intensifiers
- mood stabilizerDrug regulating emotional fluctuations
- image stabilizerReduces camera shake blur
- camera stabilizerShake-reducing filming equipment
- vertical stabilizerAircraft's directional control surface
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