stasis

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noun

sta·sis ˈstā-səs How to pronounce stasis (audio)

ˈsta-

plural stases ˈstā-ˌsēz How to pronounce stasis (audio)

ˈsta-

: a slowing or stoppage of the normal flow of a bodily fluid or semifluid: such as

: slowing of the current of circulating blood

: reduced motility of the intestines with retention of feces

: a state of static balance or equilibrium : stagnation

: a state or period of stability during which little or no evolutionary change in a lineage occurs

Synonyms

Noun

balance
counterpoise
equilibration
equilibrium
equipoise
poise

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Example Sentences

Noun The country is in economic stasis. His art was characterized by bursts of creativity followed by long periods of stasis.

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

But getting there wended viewers through television that was frustratingly recursive, holding the show and its talent effectively in stasis (with June inching towards freedom, then getting slapped back) for years.

Daniel D'addario, Variety, 8 Sep. 2022 Executives scrambled over subsequent months to obey, and resolve its stasis.

Bloomberg.com, 30 June 2022 With so many moving parts, some sort of constitutional reckoning seems inevitable as Scotland emerges from its coronavirus stasis.

Alasdair Lane, Forbes, 5 May 2021 Economic decline was one of the most alarming threats early in the pandemic, and businesses are just now finding economic stasis.

Kara Dennison, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022 This idea that your attachment style is fixed and immutable, says Sequeira, can become a self-fulfilling prophecy which dooms relationships to stasis and failure.

Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com, 6 June 2022 Run a tight ship and deliver value to clients; this period of stasis will pass, and your organization will be stronger for it. - Sheldon Fernandez, DarwinAI 6.

Expert Panel®, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022 Set after a nuclear apocalypse, Lilith Iyapo awakens hundreds of years past her time to find herself on board a spacecraft, saved from death with other survivors and kept in stasis by an alien race.

Brienne Walsh, CNN, 3 Aug. 2022 While Stranger Things is in stasis, McLaughlin has multiple projects coming down the pipeline.

Essence, 20 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

New Latin, from Greek, act or condition of standing, stopping, from histasthai to stand — more at stand

Noun combining form

New Latin, from Greek stasis

First Known Use

Noun

1745, in the meaning defined at sense 1

单词	stasis
释义	stasis 1 of 2 noun sta·sis ˈstā-səs ˈsta- plural stases ˈstā-ˌsēz ˈsta- 1 : a slowing or stoppage of the normal flow of a bodily fluid or semifluid: such as a : slowing of the current of circulating blood b : reduced motility of the intestines with retention of feces 2 a : a state of static balance or equilibrium : stagnation b : a state or period of stability during which little or no evolutionary change in a lineage occurs -stasis 2 of 2 noun combining form plural -stases 1 : stoppage : slowing hemostasis bacteriostasis 2 : stable state homeostasis Synonyms Noun balance counterpoise equilibration equilibrium equipoise poise See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Noun The country is in economic stasis. His art was characterized by bursts of creativity followed by long periods of stasis. Recent Examples on the Web Noun But getting there wended viewers through television that was frustratingly recursive, holding the show and its talent effectively in stasis (with June inching towards freedom, then getting slapped back) for years. Daniel D'addario, Variety, 8 Sep. 2022 Executives scrambled over subsequent months to obey, and resolve its stasis. Bloomberg.com, 30 June 2022 With so many moving parts, some sort of constitutional reckoning seems inevitable as Scotland emerges from its coronavirus stasis. Alasdair Lane, Forbes, 5 May 2021 Economic decline was one of the most alarming threats early in the pandemic, and businesses are just now finding economic stasis. Kara Dennison, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022 This idea that your attachment style is fixed and immutable, says Sequeira, can become a self-fulfilling prophecy which dooms relationships to stasis and failure. Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com, 6 June 2022 Run a tight ship and deliver value to clients; this period of stasis will pass, and your organization will be stronger for it. - Sheldon Fernandez, DarwinAI 6. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022 Set after a nuclear apocalypse, Lilith Iyapo awakens hundreds of years past her time to find herself on board a spacecraft, saved from death with other survivors and kept in stasis by an alien race. Brienne Walsh, CNN, 3 Aug. 2022 While Stranger Things is in stasis, McLaughlin has multiple projects coming down the pipeline. Essence, 20 July 2022 See More Word History Etymology Noun New Latin, from Greek, act or condition of standing, stopping, from histasthai to stand — more at stand Noun combining form New Latin, from Greek stasis First Known Use Noun 1745, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Medical Definition stasis noun sta·sis ˈstā-səs ˈstas-əs plural stases ˈstā-ˌsēz ˈstas-ˌēz : a slowing or stoppage of the normal flow of a bodily fluid or semifluid biliary stasis : as a : slowing of the current of circulating blood b : reduced motility of the intestines with retention of feces stasis noun as in equilibrium a condition in which opposing forces are equal to one another for the time being, the populations of the national park's predators and prey remain in stasis Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance equilibrium equilibration balance poise equipoise stability counterpoise steadiness counterbalance fixedness security offset firmness Antonyms & Near Antonyms imbalance disequilibrium unbalance instability nonequilibrium fluctuation volatility mutability precariousness insecurity unsteadiness changeability inconstancy disequilibration shakiness See More
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