Stabilizer

Stabilizer, stabiliser, stabilisation or stabilization may refer to:

Mathematics

• Stabilization (category theory)
• 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
• Stabilization pond, a way of stabilizing wastewater

Chemistry and food processing

• Stabilizer (chemistry), a substance added to prevent unwanted change in state of another substance
  • Polymer stabilizers are stabilizers used specifically is plastic or other polymers
• Stabilizer (food), a type of food additive
• Clarification and stabilization of wine

Other uses

• Stabilization (architecture) of worn or damaged foundations of a structure
• Stabilization (medical) is a process to help prevent shock in sick or injured people
• 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
• Crude oil stabilisation, part of an Oil production plant

See also

• Destabilisation