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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Astatic \A*stat"ic\, a. [Pref. a- not + static.] (Magnetism) Having little or no tendency to take a fixed or definite position or direction: thus a suspended magnetic needle, when rendered astatic, loses its polarity, or tendency to point in a given direction. {Astatic pair} (Magnetism), a pair of magnetic needles so mounted as to be nearly or quite astatic, as in some galvanometers. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: astatic adj : not static or stable
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