[adj. stey-bil, -buh
l or, especially Brit., -bahyl; n. stey-beel or, especially Brit., -bahyl] 
| 1. | fixed in position; stable. |
| 2. | Medicine/Medical. resistant to physical or chemical changes. |
| 3. | a piece of abstract sculpture having immobile units constructed of sheet metal, wire, or other material and attached to fixed supports. Compare mobile (def. 9). |
| sta·bile (stā'bĭl, -bəl, -bīl', -bēl') adj. Immobile; unchangeable; stable. n. An abstract sculpture, usually of sheet metal, resembling a mobile but having no moving parts. [Latin stabilis, stable; see stable1.] |
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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