stasis

noun sta·sis \ ˈstā-səs , ˈsta- \

|Updated on: 18 Jun 2018

Examples: stasis in a Sentence

Definition of stasis

plural stases play \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

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Examples of stasis in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples of stasis from the Web

Haynes makes music that gets into a dialogue, plays with rhythmic phrasing, bores down into the timbral possibilities, prizes freedom and spontaneity, but is also ready to be at home both in flight and in stasis.

— john adamian, courant.com, "Stephen Haynes' Knuckleball To Perform At Real Art Ways," 2 June 2018
Swelling around your ankles is usually the first sign of stasis dermatitis, the AAD says.

— korin miller, SELF, "5 Types of Eczema You Should Know, Because There’s Actually More Than One," 31 May 2018
Translucent creatures, often pulled from Dam’s own otherworldly imaginings, are seemingly caught in stasis inside transparent glass cells, cylinders and cabinets.

— aimee farrell, New York Times, "The Danish Glassblower Making Modern Curiosities," 24 Apr. 2018
Despite the club announcing the biggest change at the club this millennium - bigger than the move to the new stadium, even - Arsenal are still locked in stasis.

— SI.com, "From the Ground: Collective Failure to Launch Sees Arsene Wenger's Long Goodbye Splutter Into Life," 22 Apr. 2018
But once the smoke from UKIP’s wreckage has cleared, the national picture will be one of stasis.

— The Economist, "Council elections in England reveal political stasis," 4 May 2018
Which means that significant change will likely be preceded by a crippling stasis.

— brian barrett, WIRED, "For Apple, Quitting Intel Won't Come Easy," 3 Apr. 2018
That kind of stasis would turn the good economic news of President Trump’s first year into a short story.

— shawn tully, Fortune, "How Debt Could Blow Up the Trump Economy," 15 Mar. 2018
Discovering blueprints to make better equipment—everything from flashlights and scanners, to stasis rifles and even submarines—is in service of unraveling the greater mystery.

— steven strom, Ars Technica, "One main mystery makes survival in Subnautica worthwhile," 27 Feb. 2018

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