(physics) an equilibrium in which a small disturbance causes it to move back to the original state

(Greek mythology) The filthy stables of Augeas, the cleaning of which was the fifth of the twelve Labors of Hercules. / (figuratively) A place or situation characterized by filth or corruption.

A girl or young woman who attends in a stable.

plural of stable-boy

(UK, law, obsolete) The position of a person found standing in the forest with a crossbow or longbow bent, ready to shoot at a deer, or close by a tree with greyhounds in a leash ready to slip; one of the four presumptions that a person intended to steal the king's deer.

plural of stable vice

An undesirable habit or stereotypy in a horse or other equine, often the result of confinement in a stable with insufficient exercise, companionship, etc.

plural of stable girl

(evolutionary theory) A strategy that, when adopted by a population, is effective and unlikely to be replaced by another strategy.

The problem of finding a stable matching between two equal-sized sets of elements, given an ordering of preferences for each element.