Astaticism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being astatic. uncountable

    "The needles retain their astaticism for uniform field and cannot be affected in the same way by directing magnets."

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"The needles retain their astaticism for uniform field and cannot be affected in the same way by directing magnets."

Etymology

From astatic + -ism.

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