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• n  a chemical that is added to a solution or mixture or suspension to maintain it in a stable or unchanging state
• n  airfoil consisting of a device for stabilizing an aircraft
• n  a device for making something stable

• The core stabilizer helps the swimmer maintain good body position in the water by subtly rolling the hips forward in the water.
• The jet's stabilizer sheared off the Piper's top, decapitating Kramer and his two passengers.
• But moments later, they were reporting that the plane had a jammed stabilizer and that they were having "trouble maintaining altitude.

• stabiliser

News & Articles

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• Helicopter Parts Make For Amazing DIY Camera Stabilization
  Iddo Genuth writes "Videographer Tom Antos developed an advanced DIY camera stabilizer which can hold almost any DSLR or mirrorless camera steady for video photography. Although this surely isn't as sophisticated (and super expensive) as the professional MVI M10 handheld 3-axis digital stabilized camera gimbal, its still quite impressive especially when you consider it only costs a few hundred ...
  June 16, 2013 - Slashdot

Quotes

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• Theo Epstein in Kansas City Star
  It just seemed like the right time to add this kind of stabilizer,Boston general manager Theo Epstein said. "You never want to get caught short on starting pitching in August and September because there's very little you can do about it."
• Brian Cashman in ESPN
  I had high hopes for Carl to be a stabilizer, a solid No. 3 at worst,Cashman added, according to The New York Times. "It just hasn't happened. The reasons he hasn't pitched have been physical every step of the way. Those are the facts."
• Joe Maddon in MLB.com
  You don't want to get behind. You don't want to have to play catchup, especially late,Maddon said. "Their position players are playing it hard. ...... They're good. But their pitching is really the stabilizer there."