stability

Noun
  1. The quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast (synset 104785640)
    is a type of: firmness, steadiness - the quality of being steady or securely and immovably fixed in place
    same as: stableness
  2. A stable order (especially of society) (synset 113993571)
    is a type of: order - established customary state (especially of society)
  3. The quality of being enduring and free from change or variation (synset 104745881)
    "early mariners relied on the constancy of the trade winds"
    tells us about:
    • constant - steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection
    • inconstant - likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable
    is a type of: changelessness, unchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangingness - the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged
    subtypes:
    • invariance - the nature of a quantity or property or function that remains unchanged when a given transformation is applied to it
    • metastability - the quality of a physical system that persists in its existing equilibrium when undisturbed (or only slightly disturbed) but able to pass to a more stable equilibrium when sufficiently disturbed
    • monotony - constancy of tone or pitch or inflection
    same as: constancy

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