Definition of astatic

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Astatic (a.) Having little or no tendency to take a fixed or definite position or direction: thus, a suspended magnetic needle, when rendered astatic, loses its polarity, or tendency to point in a given direction..

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Anastatic :: Anastatic (a.) Pertaining to a process or a style of printing from characters in relief on zinc plates.
Thermopile :: Thermopile (n.) An instrument of extreme sensibility, used to determine slight differences and degrees of heat. It is composed of alternate bars of antimony and bismuth, or any two metals having different capacities for the conduction of heat, connected with an astatic galvanometer, which is very sensibly affected by the electric current induced in the system of bars when exposed even to the feeblest degrees of heat..
Hemastatical :: Hemastatical (a. & n.) Same as Hemostatic.
Hemastatics :: Hemastatics (n.) Laws relating to the equilibrium of the blood in the blood vessels.
Haemastatics :: Haemastatics (n.) Same as Hemastatics.
Astatic :: Astatic (a.) Having little or no tendency to take a fixed or definite position or direction: thus, a suspended magnetic needle, when rendered astatic, loses its polarity, or tendency to point in a given direction..
Astatically :: Astatically (adv.) In an astatic manner.
Diastatic :: Diastatic (a.) Relating to diastase; having the properties of diastase; effecting the conversion of starch into sugar.
Metastatic :: Metastatic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or caused by, metastasis; as, a metastatic abscess; the metastatic processes of growth..
Hemastatic :: Hemastatic (a. & n.) Alt. of Hemastatica.
Astaticism :: Astaticism (n.) The state of being astatic.
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