stasis

Plural: stases

Noun

• A period of inactivity or equilibrium; a stoppage of flow.
• an abnormal state in which the normal flow of a liquid (such as blood) is slowed or stopped
• inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forces
• 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.
• Inactivity; a freezing, or state of motionlessness.
• A technology allowing something to be artificially frozen in time, so that it does not age or change.
• One of the sections of a cathisma or portion of the psalter.

Examples

• His company was sized for growth, not stasis.
• I was in stasis for forty years before I woke up orbiting this poxy planet!
• The game entered a stasis as both players waited for a crucial vowel.

Synonyms

stability, staticity

Antonyms

flux, movement

Related Words

static