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The stable ocean hypothesis (SOH) is one of several hypotheses within larval fish ecology that attempt to explain recruitment variability (Figure 1; Table
Stable_ocean_hypothesis
Thought experiment to assess ability to detect evidence of a prior advanced civilization
The Silurian hypothesis is a thought experiment which assesses the ability of modern science to detect evidence of a prior advanced civilization, perhaps
Silurian_hypothesis
American fisheries scientist
known for his contributions to larval ecology, particularly the Stable Ocean Hypothesis. Lasker was born to Theodore and Mary Lasker in Brooklyn, New York
Reuben_Lasker
Astronomical hypothesis
The Mars ocean hypothesis states that nearly a third of the surface of Mars was covered by an ocean of liquid water early in the planet's geologic history
Mars_ocean_hypothesis
Scientific hypothesis about Earth
hypothesis, inspired by the Gaia hypothesis, proposes a feedback loop that operates between ocean ecosystems and the Earth's climate. The hypothesis specifically
Gaia_hypothesis
Hypothesis of the formation of the Moon
The giant-impact hypothesis, sometimes called the Theia Impact, is an astrogeology hypothesis for the formation of the Moon first proposed in 1946 by Canadian
Giant-impact_hypothesis
Topics referred to by the same term
= Opposite ÷ Hypotenuse, a mnemonic used to teach trigonometry Stable ocean hypothesis of ecology Start of Header (or Start of Heading: ^A), an ISO C0
SOH
Worldwide glaciation episodes during the Proterozoic eon
Opponents of the hypothesis contest the geological evidence for global glaciation and the geophysical feasibility of an ice- or slush-covered ocean, and they
Snowball_Earth
Eggs and larvae of fish that drift in the water column
Marine larval ecology Milt Salmon run Spawning bed Spawning trigger Stable ocean hypothesis Video plankton recorder Thurman, H. V. (1997). Introductory Oceanography
Ichthyoplankton
Oceanic division
hypothetical to mostly disputed, including the Solutrean hypothesis and some of the Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact theories. The Norse settlement of the Faroe
Atlantic_Ocean
Ecological concept
limiting ocean productivity and offered an approach to mitigating climate change as well. Perhaps the most dramatic support for Martin's hypothesis came with
Iron_fertilization
Oceanography known for contributions to larval ecology, particularly the Stable Ocean Hypothesis. Eliane Le Breton (1897–1977), French physiologist at the University
List_of_physiologists
Oceanic division
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering 70,560,000 km2 (27,240,000 sq mi) or approximately 20% of the water
Indian_Ocean
Hypothesis that complex extraterrestrial life is improbable and extremely rare
In planetary astronomy and astrobiology, the Rare Earth hypothesis argues that the origin of life and the evolution of biological complexity, such as sexually
Rare_Earth_hypothesis
Maintaining stable internal body temperature
shivering) to maintain stable internal thermal homeostasis over time. Common hypotheses: Metabolic Efficiency Hypothesis: This hypothesis suggests that homeothermy
Homeothermy
Theories explaining the formation of Earth's Moon
the Moon, but there are a number of variations on this giant-impact hypothesis, as well as alternative explanations, and research continues into how
Origin_of_the_Moon
Upwelling of abnormally hot rock within Earth's mantle
breakup. This has led to the hypothesis that mantle plumes contribute to continental rifting and the formation of ocean basins. The chemical and isotopic
Mantle_plume
Study of extraterrestrial oceans
ocean water from Enceladus. Early in their geologic histories, Mars and Venus are theorized to have had large water oceans. The Mars ocean hypothesis
Planetary_oceanography
Long and narrow depressions of the sea floor
promulgation of the seafloor spreading hypothesis in the early 1960s and the plate tectonic revolution in the late 1960s, the oceanic trench became an important concept
Oceanic_trench
Discrepancy of the lack of evidence for alien life despite its apparent likelihood
adoption of steady states of expansion. This hypothesis suggests that civilizations might reach a stable pattern of expansion where they neither collapse
Fermi_paradox
Hypothetical flood scenario
put them above the ocean levels in the Last Glacial Maximum, some 125 meters (410 ft) lower than in present times. The hypothesis is controversial, with
Black_Sea_deluge_hypothesis
Hypotheses for the possible sources of the water on Earth
of its nine stable isotopes in the modern atmosphere reveal that the Earth lost an amount of water approximately equal to the modern ocean volume early
Origin_of_water_on_Earth
Layer of silicate rock
consistency of caramel. Partial melting of the mantle at mid-ocean ridges produces oceanic crust, and partial melting of the mantle at subduction zones
Earth's_mantle
Tectonic plate underlying Africa
the east. One hypothesis proposes a mantle plume rising beneath the Afar region pushing the crust outward, whereas an opposing hypothesis explains the
African_plate
Meteorological hypothesis
The clathrate gun hypothesis is a proposed explanation for the periods of rapid warming during the Quaternary. The hypothesis is that changes in fluxes
Clathrate_gun_hypothesis
Movement of Earth's lithosphere
magnetic striping and the construction of the mid-ocean ridge system, the seafloor spreading hypothesis (SFS) quickly gained converts and represented another
Plate_tectonics
Genus of plant, Coco de Mer
seven worldwide. They are distributed on the coasts surrounding the Indian Ocean and the existing islands within. Borassus, the genus closest to Lodoicea
Lodoicea
Microbiological population model hypothesis
The "Kill the Winner" hypothesis (KtW) is an ecological model of population growth involving prokaryotes, viruses and protozoans that links trophic interactions
Kill_the_Winner_hypothesis
State of gravitational equilibrium between Earth's crust and mantle
highest isostatic anomalies on the Earth's surface. Mid-ocean ridges are explained by the Pratt hypothesis as overlying regions of unusually low density in the
Isostasy
Period of climatic warming that reached its peak approximately 90 million years ago
otherwise remarkably stable interval of extreme warmth. Late Cenomanian sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean were substantially
Cretaceous_Thermal_Maximum
Decrease of pH levels in the ocean
Ocean acidification is the ongoing decrease in the pH of the Earth's ocean. Between 1950 and 2020, the average pH of the ocean surface fell from approximately
Ocean_acidification
Volcanism away from plate margins
breakup. This has led to the hypothesis that mantle plumes contribute to continental rifting and the formation of ocean basins. In the context of the
Intraplate_volcanism
Speakers of Austronesian languages
Indian Ocean. Genetic evidence suggests that some individuals of Austronesian descent reached Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. A competing hypothesis to
Austronesian_peoples
Extinction of large animals at the end of the last Ice Age
inconsistencies between the current available data and the prehistoric overkill hypothesis. For instance, there are ambiguities around the timing of Australian megafauna
Late_Pleistocene_extinctions
Fissure in a planet's surface from which heated water emits
are moving apart at mid-ocean ridges, ocean basins, and hotspots. The dispersal of hydrothermal fluids throughout the global ocean at active vent sites creates
Hydrothermal_vent
ocean worlds in the Solar System, planets or satellites known or suspected to harbor substantial volumes of liquid water, either as subsurface oceans
List of ocean worlds in the Solar System
List_of_ocean_worlds_in_the_Solar_System
Cyclic climate pattern
behind the Orbital Monsoon Hypothesis. Due to variations in heat capacity, continents heat up faster than surrounding oceans during summer months when
North_African_climate_cycles
Study of environmental processes using abundances of isotopes
interglacial periods. This hypothesis proposes that during glacial periods, as a result of enhanced dust deposition in the southern ocean, diatoms consume less
Silicon isotope biogeochemistry
Silicon_isotope_biogeochemistry
English scientist (1919–2022)
environmentalist and futurist. He is best known for proposing the Gaia hypothesis, which postulates that the Earth functions as a self-regulating system
James_Lovelock
Paleoproterozoic surge in atmospheric oxygen
of the development of free oxygen in the Earth's oceans and atmosphere Medea hypothesis – Hypothesis that multicellular life may be self-destructive Pasteur
Great_Oxidation_Event
Any large system of circulating ocean surface currents
Scoy, K.; Law, C. S. (1994). "Testing the iron hypothesis in ecosystems of the equatorial Pacific Ocean". Nature. 371 (6493): 123–129. Bibcode:1994Natur
Ocean_gyre
Historic oxygen depletion events in Earth's oceans
(68 to 77 °F). The second hypothesis suggests that oceanic anoxic events record a major change in the fertility of the oceans that resulted in an increase
Anoxic_event
Global climate phenomenon
winds to be stronger. The atmosphere over the Atlantic Ocean can also be drier and more stable during El Niño events, which can inhibit tropical cyclone
El_Niño–Southern_Oscillation
Third planet from the Sun
3 billion years. Even if the Sun were stable and eternal, a significant fraction of the water in the modern oceans would descend into the mantle, due to
Earth
Rise in sea levels due to climate change
rapid sea level rise in the present. Modelling which investigated the hypothesis after 2016 often suggested that the ice shelves in the real world may
Sea_level_rise
Time period c. 12,900–11,700 years ago
Agassiz into the Atlantic Ocean. While there is evidence of meltwater travelling via the Mackenzie River, this hypothesis may not be consistent with
Younger_Dryas
Virus that infects bacteria
the most abundant biological entity in the water column of the world's oceans, and the second largest component of biomass after prokaryotes, where up
Bacteriophage
Organisms living in water or air that drift in the current or wind
"Trophic Structure of Neuston Across Tropical and Subtropical Oceanic Provinces Assessed with Stable Isotopes". Frontiers in Marine Science. 7. Bibcode:2021FrMaS
Plankton
Chemical transfer pathway between Earth's biological and non-biological parts
geological forms and reservoirs, including the atmosphere, the soil and the oceans. It can be thought of as the pathway by which a chemical substance cycles
Biogeochemical_cycle
Carbonate sedimentary rocks located in the upper layer of a sequence
In the snowball Earth episode, the surface ocean of Earth is covered by the sea ice that separates the ocean and the atmospheric CO2 reservoirs. The atmospheric
Cap_carbonate
Moon of Saturn
Tajeddine, R. (24 February 2017). "The implications of tides on the Mimas ocean hypothesis". Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 122 (2): 400–410. Bibcode:2017JGRE
Mimas
History of Earth 4600–539 million years ago
splitting off material that formed the Moon (see Giant-impact hypothesis). A stable crust was apparently in place by 4,433 Ma, since zircon crystals
Precambrian
Long-term future of planet Earth
Scientific assessments on the microbial habitability of Titan Medea hypothesis – Hypothesis that multicellular life may be self-destructive Moving Earth –
Future_of_Earth
Ecological theory
The mesopredator release hypothesis is an ecological theory used to describe the interrelated population dynamics between apex predators and mesopredators
Mesopredator release hypothesis
Mesopredator_release_hypothesis
Layer of a turbulent fluid affected by interaction with a surface
some stable equilibrium is reached and a mixed layer is formed. Turbulent eddies can also be produced from wind stress by the atmosphere on the ocean. This
Surface_layer
Ocean regions with little phytoplankton
is a limiting ocean micronutrient, but there were not sufficient methods reliably to detect iron in seawater to confirm this hypothesis. In 1989, high
High-nutrient, low-chlorophyll regions
High-nutrient,_low-chlorophyll_regions
Stable natural languages that have developed from a pidgin
A creole language, or simply creole, is a stable form of contact language that develops from the process of different languages simplifying and mixing
Creole_language
Transformation of atmospheric carbon between various forms
compounds, primarily carbon dioxide (CO2), between Earth's atmosphere, the oceans, and the terrestrial biosphere. It is one of the faster components of the
Atmospheric_carbon_cycle
Chemical and biochemical technique to follow reactions through using atomic isotopes
cell's metabolic pathway. The nuclides used in isotopic labeling may be stable nuclides or radionuclides. In the latter case, the labeling is called radiolabeling
Isotopic_labeling
Non-soluble organic matter in aquatic and soil systems
represents the case of a glowing particle in the bioluminescence shunt hypothesis. Bioluminescent bacteria are represented aggregated onto the particle
Particulate_organic_matter
Life arising from non-living matter
non-living matter, such as simple organic compounds. The prevailing scientific hypothesis is that the transition from non-living to living entities on Earth was
Abiogenesis
Geological process at mid-ocean ridges
presented a hypothesis of continental drift in 1912, he suggested that continents plowed through the ocean crust. This was impossible: oceanic crust is both
Seafloor_spreading
American merchant vessel
covered a probability area of nearly 100,000 square miles (260,000 km2) of ocean, but no sign of Joyita or any of her passengers or crew was found. Five
MV_Joyita
Total mass of living organisms in a given area (all species or selected species)
of up to 900 ppm. Ocean or marine biomass, in a reversal of terrestrial biomass, can increase at higher trophic levels. In the ocean, the food chain typically
Biomass_(ecology)
Red-colored seep of saltwater flowing from Taylor Glacier in Antarctica
when the Earth (according to the Snowball Earth hypothesis) was entirely frozen over. Ice-covered oceans might have been the only refugium for microbial
Blood_Falls
Personality model consisting of five broad dimensions
model or five-factor model (FFM), sometimes called by the mnemonic acronym OCEAN or CANOE, is a scientific model for measuring and describing human personality
Big_Five_personality_traits
Archaic conception of Earth's shape
the Earth was a short cylinder with a flat, circular top that remained stable because it was the same distance from all things. Anaximenes of Miletus
Flat_Earth
Structures of the Earth's mantle
compared with the coarse-resolution seismic images. The current leading hypothesis, however, is that they represent thermochemical unconformities (of different
Large low-shear-velocity provinces
Large_low-shear-velocity_provinces
Biogeochemical cycle for movement of water on Earth
water moves from one reservoir to another, such as from river to ocean, or from the ocean to the atmosphere due to a variety of physical and chemical processes
Water_cycle
Evolution-related timelines
exceptions to the predictions of the social intelligence hypothesis, which that hypothesis has no predictive model for, are successfully predicted by
Evolution of human intelligence
Evolution_of_human_intelligence
Isotope of hydrogen with one neutron
(hydrogen-2, symbol 2H or D, also known as heavy hydrogen) is one of two stable isotopes of hydrogen; the other is protium, or hydrogen-1, 1H. The deuterium
Deuterium
Fringe theory about the origin of petroleum
The abiogenic petroleum origin hypothesis proposes that most of Earth's petroleum and natural gas deposits were formed inorganically, commonly known as
Abiogenic_petroleum_origin
Volcanic rock type
young oceanic crust (less than 25 million years old) is subducted, adakites are typically produced in the arc. They postulated that when young oceanic crust
Adakite
Biogeochemical cycle of Fe2+/Fe3+
Southern ocean, eastern equatorial Pacific, and the subarctic Pacific referred to as High-Nutrient, Low-Chlorophyll (HNLC) regions of the ocean. While iron
Iron_cycle
Used to study animals' behavior in the wild
and pathogens, (2) trace elements, and (3) stable isotopes. Certain geographic regions have specific stable isotope ratios that affect the chemistry of
Animal_migration_tracking
Earth's most severe extinction event
the anoxia hypothesis on the grounds that long-lasting anoxic conditions could not have been supported if Late Permian thermohaline ocean circulation
Permian–Triassic extinction event
Permian–Triassic_extinction_event
Hypothetical Neoproterozoic supercontinent
other is Paleopangea, Piper's own concept. Piper proposes an alternative hypothesis for this era and the previous ones. This idea rejects that Rodinia ever
Rodinia
aliens. While Plato's story explicitly locates Atlantis in the Atlantic Ocean beyond the Pillars of Hercules, other proposed locations for Atlantis include
Proposed locations for Atlantis
Proposed_locations_for_Atlantis
Earth history, 1.8 to 0.8 billion years ago
geologist Donald Canfield proposed what is now known as the Canfield ocean hypothesis. Canfield claimed that increasing levels of oxygen in the atmosphere
Boring_Billion
Random walk with heavy-tailed step lengths
Lévy flight or an alpha-stable process Another application is the Lévy flight foraging hypothesis. When sharks and other ocean predators cannot find food
Lévy_flight
Period of long-term reduction in temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere
under this hypothesis the lack of oceanic pack ice allows increased exchange of waters between the Arctic and the North Atlantic Oceans, warming the
Ice_age
Habitat that supports marine life
meadows account for 15% of the ocean's total carbon storage. A reef is a ridge or shoal of rock, coral or similar relatively stable material, lying beneath the
Marine_habitat
Storing carbon in a carbon pool
the ocean". Science. 380 (6647): 812–817. Bibcode:2023Sci...380..812B. doi:10.1126/science.abq4654. PMID 37228198. "30 years of the iron hypothesis of
Carbon_sequestration
Ancestor of all current life on Earth
genetic cycle with DNA serving as a stable genetic repository. One debate dealt with a former cladistic hypothesis: The tree could not be ascribed a root
Last universal common ancestor
Last_universal_common_ancestor
Natural satellite orbiting Saturn
subsurface ocean suggests a heat flux ≈10 times higher than that from radiogenic heating in the silicate core. The exotic "hot start" hypothesis posits that
Enceladus
Neoproterozoic to Cretaceous landmass
subcontinent. Gondwana was formed by the accretion of several cratons (large stable blocks of the Earth's crust), beginning c. 800 to 650 Ma with the East African
Gondwana
Chemical element with atomic number 18 (Ar)
complete octet (eight electrons) in the outer atomic shell makes argon stable and resistant to bonding with other elements. Its triple point temperature
Argon
Marine consumer-resource system
A marine food web is a food web of marine life. At the base of the ocean food web are single-celled algae and other plant-like organisms known as phytoplankton
Marine_food_web
Largest moon of Neptune
differentiated, with a crust of primarily ice atop a probable subsurface ocean of liquid water and a solid rocky-metallic core at its center. Although
Triton_(moon)
Circa 24,000–16,000 BCE; most recent era when ice sheets were at their greatest extent
level rise – Rise in sea levels due to climate change Black Sea deluge hypothesis – Hypothetical flood scenario Timeline of glaciation – Chronology of the
Last_Glacial_Maximum
Global warming about 55 million years ago
and as the ocean transports this warmth to the bottom sediments, it destabilizes more clathrates. In order for the clathrate hypothesis to be applicable
Paleocene–Eocene thermal maximum
Paleocene–Eocene_thermal_maximum
Major climatic change and biotic turnover during the Triassic
Ruffell's hypothesis began to dissipate in the late 2000s, as further support accumulated from studies on Carnian sites in Italy. Interest in the hypothesis was
Carnian_pluvial_episode
Craton forming the geological core of North America
Small microcontinents and oceanic islands collided with and sutured onto the ever-growing Laurentia, and together formed the stable Precambrian craton seen
Laurentia
Trace metal stable isotope biogeochemistry is the study of the distribution and relative abundances of trace metal isotopes in order to better understand
Trace metal stable isotope biogeochemistry
Trace_metal_stable_isotope_biogeochemistry
Species of large lamniform shark
inhabit tropical and temperate ocean waters around the world and can be found both near coasts and in the open ocean. Populations are most concentrated
Great_white_shark
Seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation
linked to early Tibetan uplift. Testing of this hypothesis awaits deep ocean sampling by the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program. The monsoon has varied significantly
Monsoon
Family of marine fish that can make powerful, self-propelled leaps out of water
ligaments in a fish's skeleton. Fully broadened neural arches act as more stable and sturdier sites for these connections, creating a strong link between
Flying_fish
Small tectonic plate in the eastern North Pacific
The Juan de Fuca plate or Juan de Fuca microplate is a small oceanic tectonic plate (microplate) generated from the Juan de Fuca Ridge that is subducting
Juan_de_Fuca_plate
number. Oxygen has abundance rank 3, but atomic number 8. There are 80 known stable elements, and the lightest 16 comprise 99.9% of the ordinary matter of the
Abundance of the chemical elements
Abundance_of_the_chemical_elements
Theory of how forests affect rainfall
concept that shows how forests create and control winds coming up from the ocean and in doing so bring water to the forests further inland. This theory could
Biotic_pump
STABLE OCEAN-HYPOTHESIS
STABLE OCEAN-HYPOTHESIS
Boy/Male
Vietnamese
Stable.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Stable
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived near a boundary post, from Middle English stapel ‘post’ + the suffix -er, denoting an inhabitant.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for someone who looked after horses or cattle, from an agent derivative of Middle English stable ‘stable’.German (Stäbler) : occupational name for an official who carried a staff as a symbol of office, Middle High German stebelære.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Staple.
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon and Cornwall)
English (Devon and Cornwall) : habitational name from Scoble in Devon.
Male
English
English unisex name derived from the vocabulary word, from Latin oceanus, from Greek okeanos, OCEAN means "ocean."
Surname or Lastname
English, Dutch, North German, and Danish
English, Dutch, North German, and Danish : variant of Stubbe.
Male
French
French name derived from Latin amabilis, AMABLE means "lovable."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English stapel ‘post’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived near a boundary post, or a habitational name from some place named with this word (Old English stapel), as for example Staple in Kent or Staple Fitzpaine in Somerset.Americanized spelling of German Stapel.
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Stable
Female
English
Feminine variant spelling of English unisex Stacey, STACEE means "resurrection."
Boy/Male
Tamil
Stable
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Mabel, MABLE means "lovable."Â
Female
English
Elaborated form of English Star, STARLA means "star."
Female
English
Feminine variant spelling of English unisex Stacey, STACIE means "resurrection."
Boy/Male
Shakespearean American English
Henry VI, Part 2' Sir John Stanley. 'King Henry the Sixth, Part III' Sir William Stanley. 'King...
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Stable
Female
English
English name derived from the vocabulary word, SABLE means "black," as a heraldic color. It is sometimes confused with the mammal of the same name but which has brown fur, not black, and which has a different origin.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a stable, or an occupational name for someone employed in one, from Middle English stable, plural stables (via Old French from Latin stabulum, a derivative of stare ‘to stand’). In Middle English the term was used of the quarters occupied by cattle as well as those reserved for horses.
STABLE OCEAN-HYPOTHESIS
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Boy/Male
Christian, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu
New
Girl/Female
Arabic, Australian, Muslim
Insight; Perceptive Faculty
Girl/Female
Indian
Virtuous, Honest, Excellent
Girl/Female
American, Christian, German
Noble; Kind
Boy/Male
Indian
One who is invincible, Unconquerable
Biblical
Adramyttium the court of death
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Thunder
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Cloud
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Lord of the Mountains
Boy/Male
Indian
One of Art
STABLE OCEAN-HYPOTHESIS
STABLE OCEAN-HYPOTHESIS
STABLE OCEAN-HYPOTHESIS
STABLE OCEAN-HYPOTHESIS
STABLE OCEAN-HYPOTHESIS
n.
One of the large bodies of water into which the great ocean is regarded as divided, as the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Antarctic oceans.
v. i.
Durable; not subject to overthrow or change; firm; as, a stable foundation; a stable position.
a.
Pertaining to, or being market of staple for, commodities; as, a staple town.
n.
A stable keeper.
v. i.
A house, shed, or building, for beasts to lodge and feed in; esp., a building or apartment with stalls, for horses; as, a horse stable; a cow stable.
v. t.
To form into a table or catalogue; to tabulate; as, to table fines.
a.
Being of reasonable or suitable size; as, sizable timber; sizable bulk.
a.
Liable to, or subjected by law to, taxation; as, ratable estate.
adv.
In a stable manner; firmly; fixedly; steadily; as, a government stably settled.
v. i.
To dwell or lodge in a stable; to dwell in an inclosed place; to kennel.
imp. & p. p.
of Sable
a.
Not stable; not standing fast or firm; unstable; prone to change or recede from a purpose; mutable; inconstant.
imp. & p. p.
of Stable
v. t.
To sort according to its staple; as, to staple cotton.
v. t.
To put or keep in a stable.
n.
The fur of the sable.
v. i.
Firmly established; not easily moved, shaken, or overthrown; fixed; as, a stable government.
n.
The fiber of wool, cotton, flax, or the like; as, a coarse staple; a fine staple; a long or short staple.
n.
An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits; as, the boundless ocean of eternity; an ocean of affairs.
a.
Of or pertaining to the main or great sea; as, the ocean waves; an ocean stream.