‘stat’s
[stat] /stæt/
noun
also, ‘stat. thermostat.
photostat.
stat
“instrument that keeps something stationary,” before 1970, shortened form of l. statim (adv.), originally “to a standstill,” from status (see state). the combining form -stat used in devices for stabilizing (thermostat, etc.) is from gk. statos “standing, stationary,” from histanai “to cause to stand,” from pie base -sta- “to stand” (see stet). first used in heliostat “an instrument for causing the sun to appear stationary” (1742).
stat (stāt)
adv.
with no delay. adj.
immediate.
stat
from latin statim (immediately)
statistics
stat
stratospheric tracers of atmospheric transport
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