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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -stat n combining form - indicating a device that causes something to remain stationary or constant: thermostat
Etymology: from Greek -statēs, from histanai to cause to stand stat1 /stæt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Informal TermsAlso, 'stat. a thermostat.
- Informal Terms, Photographya photostat.
-stat, suffix. - -stat is attached to roots and sometimes words to form nouns with the meaning "the name of a device or a substance that stabilizes or makes constant (the root or word preceding)'':thermo- (= heat) + -stat → thermostat (= device regulating heat).
-stat-, root. - -stat- comes from Latin or Greek, where it has the meaning "stand;
remain.'' This meaning is found in such words as: instate, interstate, misstate, overstate, reinstate, rheostat, state, static, station, statistics, statue, status, statute, statutory, thermostat, understate.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024stat1 (stat),USA pronunciation [Informal.]n. - Informal TermsAlso, 'stat. thermostat.
- Informal Terms, Photographyphotostat.
stat2 (stat),USA pronunciation [Informal.]n. - Statistics, Informal Termsstatistic.
- Statistics, Informal TermsUsually, stats. statistics.
adj. - Statistics, Informal Termsof, pertaining to, or containing statistics:Some sports fans memorize all the stat sheets published about a team.
- shortening of statistics, statistic
- Medicineimmediately.
-stat, - a combining form used in the names of devices that stabilize or make constant what is specified by the initial element:thermostat; rheostat.
- Greek -statēs, equivalent. to sta- (stem of histánai to make stand; see stand) + -tēs agent noun, nominal suffix
- (in prescriptions) immediately.
- statuary.
- statue.
- statute.
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