quasistatic

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adjective

Happening so slowly as to appear to be static

OriginEnglish static ← Latin staticus ← Ancient Greek στᾰτῐκός (stătĭkós) →
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Meanings

adjectivequasistatic (comparative more quasistatic, superlative most quasistatic)

comparative more quasistatic · superlative most quasistatic

  1. Happening so slowly as to appear to be static
  2. natural sciencesIn a state of dynamic equilibrium

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷís
  3. Proto-Italic*kʷis
  4. Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*kʷos
  6. Proto-Italic*kʷoi
  7. Latinquam
  8. Proto-Indo-European*só
  9. Proto-Italic*sei
  10. Latinsī
  11. Latinquasī̆
  12. Englishquasi-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*stísteh₂ti
  15. Proto-Hellenic*hístāmi
  16. Ancient Greekἵστημι (hístēmi)
  17. Ancient Greekστᾰτῐκός (stătĭkós)
  18. Latinstaticus
  19. Englishstatic
  20. Englishquasistatic

From quasi- + static.

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Translations

Italian quasistatico
  • quasistaticoTranslations
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APA

quasistatic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quasistatic

MLA

“quasistatic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quasistatic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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