Astatic Definition

ā-stătĭk
adjective
Unsteady; unstable.
American Heritage
Unstable; unsteady.
Webster's New World
Having no particular directional characteristics.
American Heritage
Not taking a definite position or direction.
An astatic needle on a galvanometer is not affected by the earth's magnetism.
Webster's New World

Not static or stable; unsteady, unstable.

Wiktionary

Origin of Astatic

  • a- +‎ static

    From Wiktionary

Astatic Sentence Examples

  • Attention was first directed to the possibility of rendering ordinary pendulums more truly astatic by Professor Thomas Gray, who suggested methods by which this might be accomplished.

  • In the Wiechert astatic pendulum seismometer the stationary mass is also cheese-shaped, but it is supported by a conical extension from its base, which balances it on the floor of its case.

  • Hence followed the astatic multiplying galvanometer.

  • It has been already mentioned that Schweigger invented in 1820 the " multiplier," and Nobili in 1825 the astatic galvanometer.

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Words Starting With

AASAST

Words Ending With

CICTIC

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Words Starting With A and Ending With C

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With A7 Letter Words Ending With C