Stabilizer
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Stabilizer, stabiliser, stabilisation or stabilization may refer to:
Mathematics
- Stabilization (category theory)
- Stabilization (topology)
- Stabilizer subgroup
Technology
- 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
- Stabiliser, another name for bicycle training wheels
- Stabilizer, a kind of voltage regulator in electronics
- Gun stabilizer, or gyrostabilizer, a device that helps a moving tank's gunner to aim the gun
- Drilling stabilizer, part of the bottom hole assembly in oil drilling
- Sway bar, a bar linking the two sides of an automotive suspension
- Camera stabilizer
Chemistry and food processing
- Stabilizer (chemistry), a substance added to prevent unwanted change in state of another substance
- Stabilizer (food), a type of food additive
- Clarification and stabilization of wine
Other uses
- Stabilization (medical) is a process to help prevent shock in sick or injured people with sad feelings
- Stabilization (architecture) of worn or damaged foundations of a structure
- Stabilization (warfare), part of counter-insurgency operations
- Stabilizer subgroup, a concept in group theory
- Automatic stabilizer, an economics term
- Mood stabilizer, a kind of psychiatric medication
- Segmental stabilizers are the muscles which provide support across joints
- Stabilizer code, a concept in quantum error correction