astatic


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
astatic /əˈstatɪk/
adjective Physics (of a system or instrument) consisting of or employing a combination of magnets suspended in a uniform magnetic field on a single wire or thread in such a way that no torque is present.
– origin C19: from Gk astatos ‘unstable’ + -ic.
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