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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024eu•sta•sy (yo̅o̅′stə sē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -sies. [Geol.]- Geologyany uniformly global change of sea level that may reflect a change in the quantity of water in the ocean, or a change in the shape and capacity of the ocean basins.
Also, eu′sta•cy. - German eustatisch, coined by Austrian geologist Edward Suess (1831–1914); see eu-, static), with -stasy for -stasis stasis, probably on the model of ecstasy
- 1945–50; nominalization of eustatic caused by eustasy (
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