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stabilizer
OXFORD DICTIONARY
stabilizer, n. (also -iser) a device or substance used to keep something stable, esp.:
1 a gyroscope device to prevent rolling of a ship.
2 US the horizontal tailplane of an aircraft.
3 (in pl.) a pair of small wheels fitted to the rear wheel of a child's bicycle.
1 a gyroscope device to prevent rolling of a ship.
2 US the horizontal tailplane of an aircraft.
3 (in pl.) a pair of small wheels fitted to the rear wheel of a child's bicycle.
THESAURUS
stabilizer
alleviative, alleviator, anodyne, assuager, balance, balance rudder, balance wheel, ballast, balm, calmative, counterbalance, counterweight, cushion, dolorifuge, fin, fixative, flywheel, governor, gyroscope, hairspring, keel, lenitive, mitigator, moderator, modulator, mollifier, mordant, pacificator, pacifier, palliative, peacemaker, pendulum, restraining hand, salve, sedative, shock absorber, soother, soothing syrup, springs, stabilizator, stiffening, tail plane, temperer, tranquilizer, wiser headFor further exploring for "stabilizer" in Webster Dictionary Online