-STAT


Meaning of -STAT in English

a combining form used in the names of devices that stabilize or make constant what is specified by the initial element: thermostat; rheostat.

[ -states, equiv. to sta- (s. of histánai to make stand; see STAND) + -tes agent n. suffix ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .