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Antonyms for stasis

Grammar : Noun
Spell : stey-sis, stas-is
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsteɪ sɪs, ˈstæs ɪs


Definition of stasis

Origin :
  • 1745, from Medical Latin, from Greek stasis "a standing still," related to statos "placed," verbal adjective of histemi "cause to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet).
  • noun balance
Example sentences :
  • There is episteme, which is connected with stasis, as mneme is with meno.
  • Extract from : « Cratylus » by Plato
  • He's just in stasis—in a state of totally suspended animation.
  • Extract from : « Pagan Passions » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • They found a couple of civilizations in stasis and another that was about to go that way.
  • Extract from : « Millennium » by Everett B. Cole
  • A mineral saturation that had held time and change in stasis.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal Wall » by Raymond Zinke Gallun
  • Except for a stasis of very long duration, there is no sensation of time.
  • Extract from : « Planet of the Damned » by Harry Harrison
  • Magnology is safe, stressless, and permanently powerful in stasis.
  • Extract from : « And Then the Town Took Off » by Richard Wilson
  • A tendency to stasis begins to appear, accompanied at the same time by a considerable reduction in the supply of arterial blood.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
  • Stasis of the bile must be prevented or stones will be apt to form.
  • Extract from : « Dietetics for Nurses » by Fairfax T. Proudfit
  • Its detector unit, hovering impatiently just outside of Brion's stasis field, darted down and settled on his bare forearm.
  • Extract from : « Planet of the Damned » by Harry Harrison
  • Accumulation of bile in the gall-bladder, stasis, and concentration are essential conditions.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various

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