stabilizer

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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

From stabilize + -er.

Ahead, he could see the prisoners in their white suits crowding around the stabilizer air lock of the invading ship. — On the Trail of the Space Pirates, Carey Rockwell
Salts play a leading role, the role of stabilizer for the general ecology of the globe!” Captain Nemo stopped, straightened up, took a few steps along the platform, and returned to me: “As for those billions of tiny animals,” he went on, “those infusoria that live by the millions in one droplet of water, 800,000 of which are needed to weigh one milligram, their role is no less important. — Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World, Jules Verne

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