The state of equilibrium in which a vessel inclined from its original position of rest by an external force tends to maintain the inclined position assumed after that force has ceased to act.
Isimo sozinzo salapho inqanawe ithambekele ngakhona, ukusuka kubume bayo bemvelo bokuma kwamandla emimoya yangaphandle agcina uthambeko oluqaleke emva kokuba la mandla ethe ayeka ukuba nefuthe.