The phrase
"stabilizing factor" refers to something that helps maintain balance, stability, or control in a situation.
Full definition
I also developed a very strong sense of fellowship and the inherent good that is the most common thread and
stabilizing factor among my fellow human beings, despite their faith or lack thereof.
The
only stabilizing factor we count on for these tasks is the internal unit of the core muscles; if we lose the foundation for proper core stability, we set ourselves up for increased risk of back pain, movement injuries, and functional limitations.
Issued in the spring of 1972, the panel's final report predicted that, unless steps were taken, alternatives to public schools would all but disappear; the greatest impact, the report noted, would be felt in «large urban centers, with especially grievous consequences for poor and lower middle - class families in racially changing neighborhoods where the nearby nonpublic school is an
indispensable stabilizing factor.»
UPDATED: Since the expected Apple tablet device apparently will rely heavily on NAND flash for its computing and storage needs, and because the most recent products Apple has produced have tended to sell very well, the NAND flash industry may be looking at a
major stabilizing factor.
In order to know life we must become aware (tacitly at least) of the surrounding field of life -
stabilizing factors and of the phenomena of achievement toward which all life and evolution are oriented.
Parent - child relationships can be a source of conflict in some marriages, but overall children act as
a stabilizing factor in marriages and when children are absent the marriage is prone to be rocked by minor storms.
Now a team of scientists may have found a way to
stabilize Factor VIIIa in solution coaxing the subunits to form a disulfide bond — like handcuffing them together on the molecular level.
The size of the mirror itself will also be
a stabilizing factor, especially when combined with novel fine - tuning techniques.
I prefer to use free weights because they requires you to also engage your core muscles while you lift, as there is
no stabilizing factor other than your own muscle strength.
The stabilizing factors required by the exercise put a whole different type of tension on the shoulders (and the hands!).
With seemingly infinite freedom of choice, a recurring action becomes
a stabilizing factor for the people of the First World.
Investments represent the things you'd lose if your relationship were to end — they are
the stabilizing factors that keep things afloat during the tough patches that couples go through.