stasis

1 an abnormal state in which the normal flow of a liquid (such as blood) is slowed or stopped

2 inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forces

English

Etymology

Modern Latin, from etyl grc στάσις.

Pronunciation

/ˈsteɪsɪs/

Noun

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.
2. Inactivity; a freezing, or state of motionlessness.

The term stasis may refer to

• A state of stability, in which all forces are equal and opposing, therefore they cancel out each other.
• Stasis (political history), as defined by Thucydides as a set of symptoms indicating an internal disturbance in both individuals and states
• Stasis (biology), a period of little or no evolutionary change in a species in the punctuated equilibrium model of evolutionary biology
• Stasis (fiction) implies, especially in science-fiction, an artificial pause that stops all physical and chemical processes, including those of life; they resume as if uninterrupted as soon as the stasis is ended.
• Stasis (medicine), a state in which the normal flow of a body liquid stops, for example the flow of blood through vessels or of intestinal contents through the digestive tract
• Stasis (music), is a technique or form used in minimalist music, and also any other style that may use slow musical development
• Stasis (argumentation theory), represents a "stand" or a "mode of proceeding" in a given argument.
• Stasis (The UA Years 1971 – 1975), a compilation album by Hawkwind
• Stasis (liturgy) a division of a Kathisma or other liturgical verses

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