STABILIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stabilization mean? 

• STABILIZATION (noun)
  The noun STABILIZATION has 2 senses:

1. the act of stabilizing something or making it more stable

2. the act of making something (as a vessel or aircraft) less likely to overturn

  Familiarity information: STABILIZATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STABILIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of stabilizing something or making it more stable

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

stabilisation; stabilization

Context example:

stabilization means that the product can be handled under atmospheric conditions

Hypernyms ("stabilization" is a kind of...):

normalisation; normalization; standardisation; standardization (the imposition of standards or regulations)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stabilization"):

equilibration (stabilization by bringing into equilibrium)

Antonym:

destabilization (the action of destabilizing; making something less stable (especially of a government or country or economy))

Derivation:

stabilize (make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of making something (as a vessel or aircraft) less likely to overturn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

stabilisation; stabilization

Hypernyms ("stabilization" is a kind of...):

improvement (the act of improving something)

Domain category:

aircraft (a vehicle that can fly)

Derivation:

stabilize (support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace)

 Context examples 

Larotaxel binds to tubulin, promoting microtubule assembly and stabilization and preventing microtubule depolymerization, thereby inhibiting cell proliferation.

(Larotaxel, NCI Thesaurus)

MAP2 is a member of a group of proteins that provide microtubule stabilization.

(Centrosome Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The proteins are required for both microtubule assembly and stabilization.

(Microtubule Associated Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes lamin-B1 protein, is involved in the stabilization of the nuclear envelope.

(LMNB1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes LIM domain kinase 1 protein, plays a role in stabilization of the actin cytoskeleton via inactivation of the actin binding/depolymerizing factor cofilin.

(LIMK1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in cellular adhesion and cytoskeletal stabilization.

(CSPG4 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Epothilone B analogues bind to tubulin and promote tubulin polymerization and microtubule stabilization, thereby inhibiting mitosis.

(Epothilone B Analogue, NCI Thesaurus)

Such stabilization can alter maintenance of tissue integration, wound healing, cellular migrations, and metastasis.

(Negative Regulation of Degradation of Adhesion Factor, NCI Thesaurus)

Hsp90, a chaperone protein upregulated in a variety of tumor cells, regulates the folding, stabilization and degradation of many oncogenic signaling proteins.

(Hsp90 Inhibitor Debio 0932, NCI Thesaurus)

"Autism is associated with specific variants of genes involved in the formation, maturation and stabilization of synapses during early development," says study senior author Dr. Sally Kim of Stanford University School of Medicine.

(Zinc Deficiency during Pregnancy Linked to Autism in Babies, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)