stabilizer Definition

1. One or more aerofoils used to give stability to an aircraft.
2. A device used to reduce rolling and pitching of a ship.
3. Either of the two small wheels fitted to the back of a child's bicycle to give it added stability, and which can be removed after the child has mastered riding it.
4. Any substance that prevents a compound, mixture or solution from changing its form or chemical nature.
5. A chemical substance that encourages food ingredients that would not otherwise mix well to remain together in a homogeneous state, eg as used in salad cream to prevent the separation of oil droplets.
6. econ.
Any of various fiscal and monetary measures in a modern economic system which a government might take in order to try to keep the economy stable and reduce the effects of trade cycle fluctuations, eg by controlling interest rates, by cutting the guaranteed price of a commodity to farmers when production outstrips a certain level, etc.