STASIS

Stasis

In science fiction, stasis is a suspension of the passage of time, whether by biological means or physical means, called stasis fields.

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stasis

Noun

  1. A slackening or arrest of the blood current, due not to a lessening of the heart’s beat, but to some abnormal resistance of the capillary walls.
  2. Inactivity; a freezing, or state of motionlessness.
    His company was sized for growth, not stasis.


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