Federico Sustris: …he built his best-known work, St. Michael’s Church. He began planning the structure in 1582 in collaboration with Wolfgang Muller. Sustris was essentially self-taught as an architect, and his contribution to the work—the design of the chancel and transepts—is less structural than decorative. Nevertheless, the impression of dynamic interior space…

St. Moritz 1928 Olympic Winter Games, athletic festival held in St. Moritz, Switz., that took place Feb. 11–19, 1928. The St. Moritz Games were the second occurrence of the Winter Olympic Games. The St. Moritz Olympics, held at a ski resort, were marred by bad weather. The culprit was the foehn, a

St. Moritz 1948 Olympic Winter Games, athletic festival held in St. Moritz, Switz., that took place Jan. 30–Feb. 8, 1948. The St. Moritz Games were the fifth occurrence of the Winter Olympic Games. After an absence of 12 years as a result of World War II, Olympic competition returned. The Games,

Kinsale: St. Multose, a medieval church built in the late 12th century, is among the Church of Ireland’s oldest churches. The town has a fishery pier and a harbour and is a sport fishing centre. Manufactures include sheet steel, electrical components, and yacht equipment. Traditional craft…

Ohrid: The 10th-century monastery of Sveti Naum (St. Naum), about 19 miles (31 km) south, crowns a prominent crag on the North Macedonia–Albania frontier and overlooks Lake Ohrid. Pop. (2002) 42,033; (2014 est.) 39,250.

children’s literature: Peaks and plateaus (1865–1940): …Boy) and the relatively nondidactic St. Nicholas magazine (1873–1939), which exerted a powerful influence on its exclusively respectable child readers. (It is surely needless to point out that up to the 1960s children’s literature has been by and for the middle class). These magazines published the best material they could…

St. Nicholas Day, feast day (December 6) of St. Nicholas, the 4th-century bishop of Myra. St. Nicholas is the patron saint of Russia and Greece, of a number of cities, and of sailors and children, among many other groups, and was noted for his generosity. Some countries celebrate St. Nicholas Day

Berlin: The city layout: …the old city enclave, the St. Nicholas Quarter (Nikolaiviertel), which includes replicas of townhouses from three centuries.

Moscow: The Kremlin of Moscow: …Red Square front is the St. Nicholas (Nikolskaya) Tower, built originally in 1491 and rebuilt in 1806. The two other principal gate towers—the Trinity (Troitskaya) Tower, with a bridge and outer barbican (the Kutafya Tower), and the Borovitskaya Tower—rise from the western wall.

Metéora: St. Nikolas (Áyios Nikolaos), Holy Trinity (Áyia Triada), and St. Stephen (Áyios Stéfanos). Some still serve a religious function, though they are now only sparsely populated by monks and nuns. Since the construction of paved roads through the area in the 1960s, it has been…

Moscow: The Kremlin of Moscow: …Red Square front is the St. Nicholas (Nikolskaya) Tower, built originally in 1491 and rebuilt in 1806. The two other principal gate towers—the Trinity (Troitskaya) Tower, with a bridge and outer barbican (the Kutafya Tower), and the Borovitskaya Tower—rise from the western wall.

Green Bay: St. Norbert College (1898) is in nearby De Pere. Inc. 1854. Pop. (2010) 104,057; Green Bay Metro Area, 306,241; (2020) 107,395; Green Bay Metro Area, 328,268.

Maynooth: St. Patrick’s College at Maynooth is the largest Roman Catholic seminary in the British Isles; it was established in 1795 on the site of a college founded by the earl of Kildare in the 16th century and is now part of the National University of…

St. Patrick’s Day, feast day (March 17) of St. Patrick, patron saint of Ireland. Born in Roman Britain in the late 4th century, he was kidnapped at the age of 16 and taken to Ireland as a slave. He escaped but returned about 432 ce to convert the Irish to Christianity. By the time of his death on

Richard Brinsley Sheridan: Theatrical career: …writing the amusing little farce St. Patrick’s Day; Or, The Scheming Lieutenant for the benefit performance given for Clinch in May 1775. Another example of his ability to weave an interesting plot from well-worn materials is seen in The Duenna, produced the following November. The characters are generally undeveloped, but…

Aleksey Ilich Chirikov: Chirikov commanded the St. Paul and Bering the St. Peter, supported by smaller vessels with supplies and scientist-observers. A storm separated Bering and Chirikov on June 20, and Chirikov lingered in the area several days before heading east alone. Bering, meanwhile, moved on to the north and west,…

Felix Mendelssohn: Marriage and maturity of Felix Mendelssohn: …his son should complete the St. Paul. He accordingly plunged into this work with renewed determination and the following year conducted it at Düsseldorf. The same year at Frankfurt he met Cécile Jeanrenaud, the daughter of a French Protestant clergyman. Though she was 10 years younger than himself, that is…

St. Paul, city, capital of Minnesota, U.S., and seat of Ramsey county. Situated in the southeastern part of the state, St. Paul is at the head of navigation on the Mississippi River near its confluence with the Minnesota River. The city adjoins Minneapolis on the west, and together they form the

Mount Vernon: St. Paul’s Church (1763), used during the Revolution as a British military hospital, was dedicated a national historic site in 1943. Inc. village, 1853; city, 1892. Pop. (2000) 68,381; (2010) 67,292.

Alexander Parris: …Parris’s best-known designs is his St. Paul’s Church (1819), which, with its graceful Ionic portico fronting a Greek-temple-type structure, marked the beginning of the Greek Revival style in America.

Birmingham: The contemporary city: …and the Georgian area around St. Paul’s Church (1779) also has a character of its own. Other centres have formed around St. Chad’s Cathedral (Roman Catholic), designed by A.W.N. Pugin (1841); Centenary Square (1989) and the adjacent International Convention Centre (1991); and the Bullring shopping centre (2003), whose centerpiece, Selfridges…

Blackfriars: Blackfriars Station was opened in 1886 under the name St. Paul’s Station; its name was changed in 1937. Rebuilt in 1977, it connects with London Bridge Station in Southwark.

Aleksey Ilich Chirikov: Paul and Bering the St. Peter, supported by smaller vessels with supplies and scientist-observers. A storm separated Bering and Chirikov on June 20, and Chirikov lingered in the area several days before heading east alone. Bering, meanwhile, moved on to the north and west, and to his death.

Burgundian Romanesque style: …great abbey church at Cluny (the third abbey church built on that site), which was constructed from 1088 to about 1130 and was the largest church built during the European Middle Ages. It represented a huge elaboration of the early Christian basilica plan and served as a close model for…

Washington National Cathedral, in Washington, D.C., Episcopal cathedral chartered by the U.S. Congress in 1893 and established on Mount St. Alban (the highest point in the city) in 1907. Its cornerstone was laid by President Theodore Roosevelt. Although construction slowed during periods of

St. Petersburg: Petrograd Side: …slender, arrowlike spire of the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul, a golden landmark for the city. The cathedral was built in 1712–33 by Trezzini, and the tsars and tsarinas of Russia from the time of Peter (except for Peter II and Nicholas II) are buried in it. Trezzini…

Malta: Daily life and social customs: Mnarja, the Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul, takes place on the weekend preceding June 29 in Buskett Gardens in Rabat. It is the country’s principal folk festival and is highlighted by folksinging (għana) contests and fried-rabbit picnics. The annual Carnival is celebrated in various villages…

York Minster, Gothic-style cathedral in York, North Yorkshire, England, U.K., that is the seat of the archbishop of York. The impression given by York Minster is one of overwhelming size combined with a light airiness. The cathedral has Britain’s richest collection of stained glass. The famous Five

Minnesota River, river rising at Ortonville, Minnesota, U.S., at the southern tip of Big Stone Lake, on the South Dakota–Minnesota boundary, and flowing southeast and then northeast from Mankato, Minnesota, to join the Mississippi River at Mendota, just south of St. Paul. The Minnesota (a Sioux

St. Peter’s Basilica, present basilica of St. Peter in Vatican City (an enclave in Rome), begun by Pope Julius II in 1506 and completed in 1615 under Paul V. It is designed as a three-aisled Latin cross with a dome at the crossing, directly above the high altar, which covers the shrine of St. Peter

Bautzen: …the Ortenburg Castle (1483–86) and St. Peter’s Church (1220–1497), which has been shared since 1523 by Roman Catholics and Protestants and has, since 1921, served as the Roman Catholic cathedral and seat of the bishop of Meissen. Pop. (2003 est.) 42,160.

Mount Kinabalu, the highest peak in Malaysia and the Malay Archipelago, rising to 13,435 feet (4,095 metres). It is located on the island of Borneo in Sabah state in Malaysia. It is the third highest peak on an island on Earth, after Puncak Jaya in New Guinea and Mauna Kea in Hawaii. Lying near the

Tintoretto: Career: ” In St. Peter’s Vision of the Cross and in The Martyrdom of St. Paul (1556), the figures stand out dramatically on a space suffused with a vaporous, unreal light. In two enormous canvases, one depicting the Jews worshipping the golden calf while Moses on Mount Sinai…

Bodrum: Their spectacular castle, the Petronium, or Castle of St. Peter, remained a Christian stronghold until the Ottoman sultan Süleyman I the Magnificent captured it in 1522. The castle continues to be the town’s major landmark. The ruins of the Mausoleum of Mausolus, ruler of Caria (4th century bce), at…

St. Petersburg, city and port, extreme northwestern Russia. A major historical and cultural centre and an important port, St. Petersburg lies about 400 miles (640 km) northwest of Moscow and only about 7° south of the Arctic Circle. It is the second largest city of Russia and one of the world’s

St. Petersburg, city, Pinellas county, west-central Florida, U.S. It is situated at the southern tip of the Pinellas Peninsula on Tampa Bay, about 15 miles (25 km) southeast of Clearwater and 20 miles (30 km) southwest of Tampa. Those three cities form one of the state’s largest metropolitan areas.

probability and statistics: Probability as the logic of uncertainty: …and made famous as the St. Petersburg paradox, involved a bet with an exponentially increasing payoff. A fair coin is to be tossed until the first time it comes up heads. If it comes up heads on the first toss, the payment is 2 ducats; if the first time it…

ITAR-TASS, (Russian: “Information Telegraph Agency of Russia–Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union”), Russian news agency formed in 1992 after the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991. ITAR reports on domestic news, while TASS reports on world events, including news from the other countries of the

Minnesota River, river rising at Ortonville, Minnesota, U.S., at the southern tip of Big Stone Lake, on the South Dakota–Minnesota boundary, and flowing southeast and then northeast from Mankato, Minnesota, to join the Mississippi River at Mendota, just south of St. Paul. The Minnesota (a Sioux

Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin was an American community leader who was active in the women’s rights movement and particularly in organizing African American women around issues of civic and cultural development. Josephine St. Pierre was of mixed racial ancestry and acquired a limited education from

Loras College, private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Dubuque, Iowa, U.S. Affiliated with the Roman Catholic church, the college is a liberal arts institution that offers undergraduate study in business, communications, and arts and sciences and awards master’s degrees in

Royal Canadian Mounted Police: …and 1942, the RCMP vessel St. Roch became the first ship to complete the west-to-east journey through the Northwest Passage and, upon returning east-to-west in 1944, was first to make the trip in both directions.

Istanbul: Byzantine monuments: …which was converted into the Kariye Mosque, is near the Adrianople Gate. It was restored in the 11th century and remodeled in the 14th; the building is now a museum renowned for its 14th-century mosaics, marbles, and frescoes. Over the central portal is a head of Christ with the inscription,…

Gian Lorenzo Bernini: Early years: …Michelangelo is revealed in the St. Sebastian (c. 1617), carved for Maffeo Cardinal Barberini, who was later Pope Urban VIII and Bernini’s greatest patron.

El Greco: Middle years: …in the handsome and unrestored St. Sebastian. The same extreme elongation of body is also present in Michelangelo’s work, in the painting of the Venetians Tintoretto and Paolo Veronese, and in the art of the leading Mannerist painters. The increased slenderness of Christ’s long body against the dramatic clouds in…

Antonello da Messina: …was supported by the Venetian state, and local painters enthusiastically adopted his oil technique and compositional style. In St. Sebastian (c. 1476), his most mature work, Antonello achieved a synthesis of clearly defined space, monumental sculpture-like form, and luminous colour, which was one of the most decisive influences on the…

Sandro Botticelli: Devotional paintings: …vertical panels such as the St. Sebastian (1474); small oblong panels such as the famous Adoration of the Magi (c. 1476) from the Church of Santa Maria Novella; medium-sized altarpieces, of which the finest is the beautiful Bardi Altarpiece (1484–85); and large-scale works such as the St. Barnabas Altarpiece (c.…

Sea Islands: …National Monument (authorized 1936) on St. Simons Island near Brunswick, Georgia. In 1803, Igbo Landing on St. Simons Island was the site of one of the largest mass suicides of enslaved West Africans in the history of chattel slavery.

Nicosia: …name was changed to the Selimiye Mosque in honour of the Ottoman sultan Selim II, under whose reign Cyprus was conquered.

Metéora: …Holy Trinity (Áyia Triada), and St. Stephen (Áyios Stéfanos). Some still serve a religious function, though they are now only sparsely populated by monks and nuns. Since the construction of paved roads through the area in the 1960s, it has been visited annually by thousands of tourists and Orthodox pilgrims.…

Esztergom: The town’s great cathedral (built 1822–60), modeled on St. Peter’s in Rome, overlooks the Danube and is the largest church in Hungary, the outside height of the cupola being 348 feet (106 metres). It is on the site of St. Stephen’s original cathedral (1010). The treasury of the…

Bard College, private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, U.S. It is affiliated with the Episcopal church. A liberal arts college, it includes divisions of social studies, languages and literature, arts, and natural sciences and mathematics, as well as

St. Stephen’s Day, the name for either of two holidays that are observed in honor of two Christian saints, both of whom are named Stephen. In many countries December 26 commemorates the life of St. Stephen, a Christian deacon in Jerusalem who is believed to have been the first Christian martyr (he

Jerusalem: Architecture: …gates to the north, the St. Stephen’s (or Lion’s) Gate to the east, the Dung and Zion gates to the south, and the Jaffa Gate to the west. An eighth gate, the Golden Gate, to the east, remains sealed, however, for it is through this portal that Jewish legend states…

Zagreb: Kaptol has the Gothic Cathedral of St. Stephen (13th–15th century), whose sacristy contains a 13th-century fresco; the cathedral was restored at the end of the 19th century. Near the cathedral is the Baroque palace of the archbishops of Zagreb, with a chapel of St. Stephen (mid-13th century).

Greece: The Peloponnese: The last Navarrese prince, Pierre de Saint-Superan, joined the Ottomans in 1401 to raid Byzantine possessions in the southern Peloponnese; he died in 1402. He was succeeded by his widow, Maria Zaccaria, representative of an important Genoese merchant and naval family. She passed the title to her nephew Centurione…

Western sculpture: Early and High Baroque: The latter’s St. Susanna in Santa Maria di Loreto in Rome, a figure after the antique but enlivened with Berninian textures, was originally made to look toward the observer and, with a gesture, to direct his attention to the altar. The distinction between art and life that…

St. Swithin’s Day, (July 15), a day on which, according to folklore, the weather for a subsequent period is dictated. In popular belief, if it rains on St. Swithin’s Day, it will rain for 40 days, but if it is fair, 40 days of fair weather will follow. St. Swithin was bishop of Winchester from 852

Kotor: …most beautiful of which is St. Tryphon Cathedral, which was built in 1166 and contains many frescoes and a treasury of jewels. Also notable are the church of St. Luke (1195), which was originally Roman Catholic but has been an Orthodox church since the 17th century; the church of St.…

Canadian literature: Fiction: …Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1959), St. Urbain’s Horseman (1971), Joshua Then and Now (1980), Solomon Gursky Was Here (1989), and Barney’s Version (1997) satirize the condition and hypocrisy of modern society through black humour.

Solothurn: Dominating the town is the Cathedral of St. Ursus (1762–73, on an earlier foundation), which since 1828 has been the cathedral church of the bishop of Basel. Other notable buildings are the Jesuit church (1680–88), the Clock Tower, or Zeitglockenturm (1250), the 15th-century town hall, and the Zeughaus, or Arsenal…

Valentine’s Day, holiday (February 14) when lovers express their affection with greetings and gifts. Given their similarities, it has been suggested that the holiday has origins in the Roman festival of Lupercalia, held in mid-February. The festival, which celebrated the coming of spring, included

St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, mass murder of a group of unarmed bootlegging gang members in Chicago on February 14, 1929. The bloody incident dramatized the intense rivalry for control of the illegal liquor traffic during the Prohibition era in the United States. Disguising themselves as policemen,

Melissa McCarthy: Bridesmaids and other early films: …from 2014 include the dramedy St. Vincent (2014), which was noted for her sensitive portrayal of a divorcée trying to manage child care for her prepubescent son, and the road-trip comedy Tammy. The latter was written by McCarthy and her husband, Ben Falcone, who also directed; the couple collaborated on…

DePaul University, private, coeducational university in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. It is the largest Roman Catholic university in the United States. DePaul was founded as St. Vincent’s College in 1898 by the Vincentian Fathers. It was renamed and chartered as a university in 1907. Women were admitted

Sydenham chorea, a neurological disorder characterized by irregular and involuntary movements of muscle groups in various parts of the body that follow streptococcal infection. The name St. Vitus Dance derives from the late Middle Ages, when persons with the disease attended the chapels of St.

Western dance: Dance ecstasies: …the dancing mania known as St. Vitus’ dance. Both originally were ecstatic mass dances, dating from the 11th and 12th centuries. People congregated at churchyards to sing and dance while the representatives of the church tried in vain to stop them. In the 14th century another form of the dance…

Mons: Notable landmarks include the collegiate Church of St. Waudru (1450–1621) with fine stained glass and reliquaries, the town hall (1459–67), the only Baroque-style belfry in Belgium with its 47-bell carillon, and several museums. Pop. (2007 est.) mun., 91,196.

Michael Pacher: …Pacher began work on the St. Wolfgang altarpiece of the Pilgrimage Church of Sankt Wolfgang in Upper Austria (centre completed in 1479; wings completed in 1481). The large figures placed close to the picture plane and seen from a low viewpoint, the deep architectural perspective, and the dramatic foreshortening in…

Xavier University, private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. It is affiliated with the Jesuit order (Society of Jesus) of the Roman Catholic church. The university comprises colleges of arts and sciences, business administration, and social sciences. In

Brussels: People: Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, for example, boasts an important Turkish community, and Schaerbeek has a relatively large number of mosques and several Eastern Orthodox churches. Geographic segregation, economic disparity, and, on the part of some groups, a lack of assimilation into Belgian society occasionally have contributed to tensions…

Sweden: Political reform: …1907–50) was forced to ask Karl Staaff to form a Liberal government.

bomber: IV and the huge, four-engined Staaken R.VI, which carried two tons of bombs. Bomber airplanes were soon developed by the other major combatant nations. Tactical bombing was carried out on the battlefield by smaller aircraft such as the French Voisin, which carried some 130 pounds (60 kg) of small bombs…

Carolina Hurricanes: …play of their young star Eric Staal and team captain Rod Brind’Amour, the Hurricanes posted the best record in franchise history during the 2005–06 season and capped off the year with a dramatic seven-game victory over the Edmonton Oilers in the Stanley Cup finals. The Hurricanes advanced to the conference…

Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Bavarian museum of antiquities in Munich, noted for its collection of Greek, Roman, and Etruscan art. It has one of the world’s largest collections of vases from the ancient Mediterranean. The Staatliche Antikensammlungen museum is located on the Königsplatz, a square

Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, state-owned art collection in Dresden, Germany, housed in 15 museums throughout the city. Locations include the Zwinger, which exhibits such collections as the Gemäldegalerie Alter Meister (Old Masters Picture Gallery); the Albertinum, home to the Galerie Neue

Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (SMB), network of state-run museums in Berlin, each specializing in a separate subject. Taken together, the museums encompass centuries of acquisitions in various disciplines and rank among the world’s finest collections of art and artifacts. The collections in each

Bauhaus, school of design, architecture, and applied arts that existed in Germany from 1919 to 1933. It was based in Weimar until 1925, Dessau through 1932, and Berlin in its final months. The Bauhaus was founded by the architect Walter Gropius, who combined two schools, the Weimar Academy of Arts

Staatsgalerie, art museum in Stuttgart, Germany, comprising two locations, the Alte (Old) Staatsgalerie and the Neue (New) Staatsgalerie. The Alte Staatsgalerie houses a collection of European art—namely, German Renaissance paintings, Italian paintings from 1300 to 1800, prints, drawings, and

Stasi, secret police agency of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). The Stasi was one of the most hated and feared institutions of the East German communist government. The Stasi developed out of the internal security and police apparatus established in the Soviet zone of occupation in

Bernard Haitink: …principal guest conductor of the Staatskapelle Dresden, and in 2006–10 he led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as principal conductor. Haitink’s many recordings included cycles of the symphonies of Mahler, Bruckner, and Beethoven and the tone poems of Liszt. He retired in 2019, after having conducted his final concert at the…

Vienna State Opera, theatre in Vienna, Austria, that is one of the world’s leading opera houses, known especially for performances of works by Richard Wagner, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Richard Strauss. The original theatre, located on the Ringstrasse, was built in 1869 to house the expanded

World War I: The Armistice: …“stab in the back” (Dolchstoss im Rücken). This legend’s theme was that the German Army was “undefeated in the field” (unbesiegt im Felde) and had been “stabbed in the back”—i.e., had been denied support at the crucial moment by a weary and defeatist civilian population and their leaders. This…

Antonín Dvořák: Life: …to him, although only the Stabat Mater (1877) and Te Deum (1892) continue to hold a position among the finer works of their kind. In 1890 he enjoyed a personal triumph in Moscow, where two concerts were arranged for him by his friend Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The following year he…

Sir Lennox Berkeley: …it religious, such as the Stabat Mater (1947), written for Britten’s English Opera Group. He wrote pieces for specific performers, such as guitarist Julian Bream and oboist Janet Craxton. He composed several operas, including Nelson (1954) and Ruth (1956). Some of his later works, including Sonatina (1962) and his Symphony…

Jacopone Da Todi: …author of the Latin poem Stabat mater dolorosa.

Debbie Stabenow is an American Democratic politician who represented Michigan in the U.S. Senate (2001–25); she was the first woman to serve the state in that legislative body. Stabenow previously was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1997–2001). She declined to run for reelection in

Stabiae, ancient town of Campania, Italy, on the coast at the eastern end of the Bay of Naples. It was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in ad 79. The modern city on the site is Castellammare di Stabia. Stabiae is part of the collective Torre Annunziata World Heritage site, designated by

Western architecture: Stylistic development: The Stabian Baths at Pompeii, built perhaps as early as 120 bce, were already composed of vaulted spaces, though quite compactly and with little of the later freedom and spaciousness. In some buildings—such as the Carcer and Tullianum (prisonlike structures of about 100 bce or earlier)…

airplane: Elevator, aileron, and rudder controls: …single control surface called the stabilator, which moves as an entity to control inputs.

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

Kosovo: Self-declared independence: …to begin negotiations for a Stabilisation and Association Agreement—a critical step toward accession to the EU. In April 2013 Kosovo and Serbia reached a milestone agreement that granted a degree of autonomy to ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo in exchange for de facto recognition of Kosovo’s authority in the region.…

hydrocarbon: Aromatic hydrocarbons: …properties, especially that of special stability, and eventually aromaticity came to be defined in terms of stability alone. The modern definition states that a compound is aromatic if it is significantly more stable than would be predicted on the basis of the most stable Lewis structural formula written for it.…

motivation: Attribution theory: …falling along three dimensions: locus, stability, and controllability. Locus refers to the location, internal or external, of the perceived cause of a success or failure. Ability and effort, for example, are seen as internal dispositions of a person, while task difficulty and luck are situational factors external to the person.…

isotope: Nuclear stability: Isotopes are said to be stable if, when left alone, they show no perceptible tendency to change spontaneously. Under the proper conditions, however, say in a nuclear reactor or particle accelerator or in the interior of a star, even stable isotopes may be transformed,…

stability, in mathematics, condition in which a slight disturbance in a system does not produce too disrupting an effect on that system. In terms of the solution of a differential equation, a function f(x) is said to be stable if any other solution of the equation that starts out sufficiently close

mechanics: Statics: …statics is to study the stability of structures, such as edifices and bridges. In these cases, gravity applies a force to each component of the structure as well as to any bodies the structure may need to support. The force of gravity acts on each bit of mass of which…

mechanics: Simple harmonic oscillations: …point, a brief discussion of stability is useful.

A stablecoin is a cryptocurrency that aims to maintain price stability by pegging its monetary value to a given fiat currency, typically on a one-to-one basis. What this means is that a stablecoin pegged to, say, the U.S. dollar on a one-to-one basis should always be equal to $1. That’s the goal,

phase diagram, graph showing the limiting conditions for solid, liquid, and gaseous phases of a single substance or of a mixture of substances while undergoing changes in pressure and temperature or in some other combination of variables, such as solubility and temperature. The Figure shows a