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Stasis

//ˈsteɪsɪs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A slackening or arrest of the blood current, due not to a lessening of the heart’s beat, but to some abnormal resistance of the capillary walls. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forces wordnet
  3. 3
    Inactivity; a freezing, or state of motionlessness. figuratively, uncountable, usually

    "His company was sized for growth, not stasis."

  4. 4
    an abnormal state in which the normal flow of a liquid (such as blood) is slowed or stopped wordnet
  5. 5
    A technology allowing something to be artificially frozen in time, so that it does not age or change. uncountable, usually

    "I was in stasis for forty years before I woke up orbiting this poxy planet!"

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  1. 6
    One of the sections of a cathisma or portion of the psalter. uncountable, usually

Etymology

From New Latin stasis, from Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis). See the doublet stead.

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