| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adverb | 1. In an astatic manner.[Websters]
2. In an inconstant, erratic, capricious, inconsistent or uneven manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. In a weightless manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. In an ethereal or light manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. In an impermanent manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. In an uncertain manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. In a ticklish manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. In a mercurial manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. In an infirm, undetermined, unresolved or weak-kneed manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective astatic.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective Form (astatic) | 1. Not static or stable.[Wordnet]. 2. 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.[Websters]. 3. Being unsteady, unstable, labile, unsettled or tottery.[Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being changeable, changeful, inconstant, variable or fickle.[Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being weightless or light.[Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being precarious or uncertain.[Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being impermanent, transient, evanescent or transitory.[Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Being capricious, wayward or unpredictable.[Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Being slippery or unreliable.[Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Being flighty or giddy.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "ASTATICALLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
Specialty Definition: astatic
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Computing | Describes an instrument or device which does not tend to show a fixed reading or to take up a fixed position. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Mining | Not taking a fixed or definite position or direction; as an instrument in which a negative restoring force has been applied so as to aid any deflecting force, thereby rendering the instrument more sensitive and/or less stable. (references) | ||
| Wikipedic | The Astatic was a French automobile manufactured from 1920 to 1922. Built at Saint-Ouen, the car was an attempt to market a vehicle with independent suspension all round; this one used leaf springs to achieve its purpose. The engine was an 1100cc SCAP. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: astatic
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Astatic coils | An arrangement of coils used in sensitive electrical instruments; the coils are arranged to give zero resultant external magnetic field when a current passes through them and to have zero electromotive force induced in them by an external magnetic field. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Astatic galvanometer | Has a moving magnet and astatic coils arranged to cancel the effect of the Earth's magnetic field. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Astatic pair | (Magnetism), a pair of magnetic needles so mounted as to be nearly or quite astatic, as in some galvanometers. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: astatic
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Astatic gravimeter | Mining | A gravity meter or gravimeter constructed so that a high sensitivity is achieved at certain positions of the elements of the system; i.e., equilibrium between a negative restoring force and the force of gravity at such positions. See also: gravimeter. (references) | |
| Astatic microphone | Electrical Engineering | A microphone the response of which is substantially independent of the direction of sound incidence. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Astatic pendulum | Mining | A pendulum having almost no tendency to take a definite position of equilibrium. (references) | |
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| Astatic Corporation | 9 | Astatic | 2 | |
| Astatic | 2 | Astatic Corporation | 9 | |
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