Stabilizer
# Stabilizer

Stabilizer, stabiliser, stabilisation or stabilization may refer to:

## Chemistry and food processing

* Stabilizer (chemistry), a substance added to prevent unwanted change in state of another substance
   * Polymer stabilizers are stabilizers used specifically is plastic or other polymers
* Stabilizer (food), a type of food additive
* Wood stabilization, a wood preservation process to prevent distortion caused by moisture
* Clarification and stabilization of wine

## Mathematics

* Stabilization (category theory)
* Stabilizer subgroup

## Technology

* Buoyancy compensator (diving) adjusts buoyancy.
* Stabilizer (aircraft), surfaces to help keep aircraft under control. Includes:
   * Vertical stabilizer of airplanes
   * Tailplane or horizontal stabilizer
* Stabilizer (ship), fins on ships to counteract roll
* Stabilizer, another name for bicycle training wheels
* Stabilizers, the extendable legs mounted on a land vehicle which are folded out when stabilization is required; see Outrigger
* Drilling stabilizer, part of the bottom hole assembly in oil drilling
* Gyroscopic stabilizer (disambiguation), on ships and aircraft
* Gun stabilizer, or gyrostabilizer, a device that helps a moving tank's gunner to aim the gun
* Sway bar, a bar linking the two sides of an automotive suspension
* Stabilization pond, a way of stabilizing wastewater
* Voltage stabilizer, a system designed to automatically maintain a constant voltage

### Photography

* Camera stabilizer, an external mechanical device to stabilize the camera as a whole
* Image stabilization, software or hardware that stabilizes the image

## Other uses

* Stabilization (architecture) of worn or damaged foundations of a structure
* Stabilization (medical) is a process to help prevent shock in sick or injured people
* Stabilization (warfare), part of counter-insurgency operations
* Automatic stabilizer, an economics term
* Crude oil stabilisation, part of an oil production plant
* Mood stabilizer, a kind of psychiatric medication
* Segmental stabilizers are the muscles which provide support across joints
* Stabiliser cattle, a breed of beef cattle
* Stabilizer code, a concept in quantum error correction
* Stabilizers (band), am American band
