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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| stabile (ˈsteɪbaɪl) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | arts Compare mobile a stationary abstract construction, usually of wire, metal, wood, etc |
| —adj | |
| 2. | fixed; stable |
| 3. | resistant to chemical change |
| [C18: from Latin stabilis] | |
stabile sta·bile (stā'bĭl, -bəl, -bīl', -bēl')
adj.
Resistant to change; stable; steady.
stabile
type of stationary abstract sculpture, developed by the 20th-century American artist Alexander Calder and usually characterized by simple forms executed in sheet metal; the term, coined in reference to Calder's work by Jean Arp in 1931 (compare mobile), was later applied to similar works by other artists.
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