astatic
(adjective) not static or stable
Source: WordNet® 3.1
astatic (comparative more astatic, superlative most astatic)
Not static or stable; unsteady, unstable.
Losing polarity, as a magnetic needle.
(medicine) Of or pertaining to astasia.
Source: Wiktionary
A*stat"ic, a. Etym: [Pref. a- not + static.] (Magnetism)
Definition: 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. Astatic pair (Magnetism), a pair of magnetic needles so mounted as to be nearly or quite astatic, as in some galvanometers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 March 2025
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
