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  1. A stabilizer is one of a pair of fins fitted 
  2. to the sides of a ship, especially one 
  3. governed automatically by a gyroscope 
  4. mechanism, designed to reduce side-to-side 
  5. rolling of the ship in rough weather.
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  7. Subject by: Vince Pike
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