isostasy
noun
isos·ta·sy ī-ˈsä-stə-sē 
1
: general equilibrium in the earth's crust maintained by a yielding flow of rock material beneath the surface under gravitative stress
2
: the quality or state of being subjected to equal pressure from every side
isostatic
ˌī-sə-ˈsta-tik
adjective isostatically
ˌī-sə-ˈsta-ti-k(ə-)lē
adverb 
Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary is- + Greek -stasia condition of standing, from histanai to cause to stand — more at stand
First Known Use
1889, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- hyponasty
- hyponatraemia
- hyponatraemic
- hyponatremia
- hyponatremic
- hyponeas
- hyponitrite
- hyponitrous acid
- hyponoias
- hyponome
- hyponomic
- hyponym
- hyponymic
- hyponymies
- hyponymous
- hyponyms
- hypopachi
- hypopachuses
- hypopachusses
- hypoparathyroidism
- hypoparathyroidisms
- Hypoparia
- hypoparian
- hypophamine
- hypopharynges