astaticism
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editastaticism (uncountable)
- The state of being astatic.
- 1893, Andrew Gray, The theory and practice of absolute measurements in electricity:
- The needles retain their astaticism for uniform field and cannot be affected in the same way by directing magnets.
References
edit- “astaticism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.