Stabilizer
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Stabilizer or stabiliser may refer to:
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[edit] Technology
- Stabilizer (aircraft), surfaces to help keep aircraft under control. Includes:
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- Vertical stabilizer of airplanes
- Tailplane or horizontal stabilizer
- Stabilizer (ship), fins on ships to counteract roll
- Stabilizer, 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
[edit] 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
[edit] Other uses
- Stabilization (medical) is a process to help prevent shock in sick or injured people
- Stabilization (architecture) of worn or damaged foundations of a structure
- Stabilizer subgroup, a concept in abstract algebra
- Automatic stabilizer, an economics term
- Mood stabilizer, a kind of psychiatric medication
- Segmental stabilizers are the muscles which provide support across joints
- Stabilizer (Music Breakbeat UK), UK-based breakbeat producer
- Stabilizer code, a concept in quantum error correction
[edit] See also
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