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stasis

/ˈsteɪsɪs/
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."

  3. A technology allowing something to be artificially frozen in time, so that it does not age or change.

Synonymsstability, staticity
Antonymsflux, movement

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