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Fixed in position; Also: Medicine/Medical: Resistant to physical or chemical changes

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Used as an adjective, listen here, it means: Fixed in position; Also: Medicine/Medical: Resistant to physical or chemical changes. Used as a noun, listen here, it means: A sculpture having fixed units (usually constructed of sheet metal) and attached to a fixed support.

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  • Experimental users are responsible themselves for moving early to a "stabile" Ubuntu version.
  • He's in stabile condition and is expected to survive.
  • She is in the hospital in stabile but critical condition.
  • The one stabile point in the vortex of energy around him.
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  • ''stabile" is a heteronym, which means you may find it with different pronunciations and different meanings.
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