Stasis
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The term stasis may refer to
  • A state of stability
    Stability theory
    In mathematics, stability theory addresses the stability of solutions of differential equations and of trajectories of dynamical systems under small perturbations of initial conditions...

    , in which all forces are equal and opposing, therefore they cancel out each other.
  • Stasis (political history)
    Stasis (political history)
    Stasis is a term in Greek political history. It refers to the constant feuds between aristocrats in archaic Greece, struggling about who is the best both in terms of prestige and property...

    , as defined by Thucydides
    Thucydides
    Thucydides was a Greek historian and author from Alimos. His History of the Peloponnesian War recounts the 5th century BC war between Sparta and Athens to the year 411 BC...

     as a set of symptoms indicating an internal disturbance in both individuals and states
  • Stasis (biology), a period of little or no evolutionary change in a species in the punctuated equilibrium
    Punctuated equilibrium
    Punctuated equilibrium is a theory in evolutionary biology which proposes that most species will exhibit little net evolutionary change for most of their geological history, remaining in an extended state called stasis...

     model of evolutionary biology
  • Stasis (fiction)
    Stasis (fiction)
    Stasis , or hypersleep, is a science fiction concept akin to suspended animation. Whereas suspended animation usually refers to a greatly reduced state of life processes, stasis implies a complete cessation of these processes, which can be easily restarted or restart spontaneously when stasis is...

     implies, especially in science-fiction, an artificial pause that stops all physical and chemical processes, including those of life; they resume as if uninterrupted as soon as the stasis is ended.
  • Stasis (medicine)
    Stasis (medicine)
    In medicine, stasis is the state in which the normal flow of a body liquid stops, for example the flow of blood through vessels or of intestinal contents through the digestive tract....

    , a state in which the normal flow of a body liquid stops, for example the flow of blood through vessels or of intestinal contents through the digestive tract
  • Stasis (rhetoric), represents a "stand" or a "mode of proceeding" in a given argument.
  • Stasis (The UA Years 1971 – 1975)
    Stasis (The UA Years 1971 – 1975)
    Stasis is a 1990 compilation album by Hawkwind covering their United Artists period, from 1971 to 1975. It is mainly a collection of the previously hard to find single versions of songs, while the CD had the bonus of the first side of the Space Ritual album.-Track listing:#"Urban Guerilla"#"The...

    , a compilation album by Hawkwind
  • Stasis (liturgy) a division of a Kathisma
    Kathisma
    A Kathisma , literally, "seat", is a division of the Psalter, used by Eastern Orthodox Christians and Eastern Catholics who follow the Byzantine Rite...

     or other liturgical verses
  • Stasis (EU project) is a European Union funded research and development project; STASIS is an acronym for "Software for Ambient Semantic Interoperable Services"

Music

  • Stasis (music), a technique or form used in minimalist music
    Minimalist music
    Minimal music is a style of music associated with the work of American composers La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, and Philip Glass. It originated in the New York Downtown scene of the 1960s and was initially viewed as a form of experimental music called the New York Hypnotic School....

    , and also any other style that may use slow musical development
  • Stasis (musician), an alias of British electronic musician Steve Pickton
    Steve Pickton
    Steve Pickton a.k.a. Stasis is a UK based electronic-techno musician, producer and sound engineer. He started with a release on B12 Records under his Stasis moniker. After that, he released quite a number of 12”es and albums on several labels as Stasis, Paul W. Teebrooke, Phenomyna and The...

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  • Stasis, an instrumental Post Metal Trio from Austin, Tex. (Raanen Bozzio, James Lambrecht, Eric Peana)
  • Stasis, a sludge metal band from Portland, Maine. Featuring Members Michael Leonard Maiewski, Rickey Roger Aldridge, Sean Morresstte. Maiewski is also in the doom metal band Retro Grave
    Retro Grave
    Retro Grave is an American heavy metal band formed in 2006 by Jeff Olson, original drummer from the internationally acclaimed doom metal band Trouble.-Biography:In 2006, Jeff Olson formed Retro Grave while still the drummer for Trouble...

    , which has Jeff "Oly" Olson from Trouble
    Trouble (band)
    Trouble is an American doom metal band noted as one of the pioneers of their genre, alongside bands such as Candlemass and Saint Vitus. The band created a distinct style taking influences of the British heavy metal bands Black Sabbath and Judas Priest, and psychedelic rock of the 1970s...

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