-stat
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- Something that stabilizes:
固定器：用于保持不变状态的东西：
rheostat.
变阻器 - A device for reflecting something specified in a constant direction:
稳定器：用来使某物总在一个方向反射的仪器：
heliostat.
定日镜 - Something that inhibits:
抑制：起抑制作用的事物：
fungistat.
真菌抑制剂
语源
- New Latin -stata
现代拉丁语 -stata - from Greek -statēs [one that causes to stand]
源自 希腊语 -statēs [导致不变之物] - or from statos [standing] * see stā-
或源自 statos [保持不变的] *参见 stā-
-stat
combining form in countable noun
indicating a device that causes something to remain stationary or constant
⇒
thermostat
Origin
from Greek -statēs, from histanai to cause to stand-stat
Word Origin
1
a combining form used in the names of devices that stabilize or make constant what is specified by the initial element:
thermostat; rheostat.
Origin
< Greek -statēs, equivalent to sta- (stem of histánai to make stand; see stand) + -tēs agent noun suffix
Related Words
- aerostat
- appestat
- bacteriostat
- coelostat
- fungistat
- gyrostat
-stata word element used to mean 'causing to remain stationary or constant', and thus in calibrating instruments, as in thermostat.
[Greek statēs standing]-stat
noun combining form
thermostat
2. instrument for reflecting (something specified) constantly in one direction
heliostat
3. agent causing inhibition of growth without destruction
bacteriostat
noun combining form
ETYMOLOGY New Latin -stata, from Greek -statēs one that stops or steadies, from histanai to cause to stand — more at stand
1. stabilizing agent or devicethermostat
2. instrument for reflecting (something specified) constantly in one direction
heliostat
3. agent causing inhibition of growth without destruction
bacteriostat
-stat
combining form
- denoting instruments, substances, etc. maintaining a controlled state表示“稳定器（或物）”：
-
thermostat
haemostat.
词源
partly from （helio）stat, partly a back-formation from STATIC .
-stat
word-forming element used in making names of devices for stabilizing or regulating (such as thermostat), from Greek statos "standing, stationary," from PIE *ste-to-, suffixed form of root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). First used in heliostat "an instrument for causing the sun to appear stationary" (1742).
ORIGIN: Partly the ending of helio)stat -static
-stat
combining form.
a mechanical device or instrument that causes something to be or become stable, as in rheostat, and thermostat.
any regulating, stabilizing, or controlling center, agent, or device, as in appestat.
[probably < Greek -státēs, a noun agent suffix < sta-, a root of histánai cause to stand, or stop]
stat.
a statuary.
b statue.
a statute (miles).
b statute or statutes.
-stat
\ˌstat, usu -ad.+V\ noun combining form
(-s)
Etymology: New Latin -stata, from Greek -statēs one that causes to stand, from the stem of histanai to cause to stand — more at stand
1. : apparatus or agent for keeping (something specified) stable or stationary
< gyrostat >
2. : device for regulating or for maintaining (something specified) in a constant state
< cryostat >
< rheostat >
< thermostat >
3. : instrument for reflecting (something specified) constantly in one direction
< heliostat >
< siderostat >
4. : device for studying (something specified) in a state of rest
< hydrostat >
5. : agent causing inhibition of growth without destruction
< bacteriostat >
< fungistat >
1.
< gyrostat >
2.
< cryostat >
< rheostat >
< thermostat >
3.
< heliostat >
< siderostat >
4.
< hydrostat >
5.
< bacteriostat >
< fungistat >
-stat
Suffix
- forming nouns naming scientific instruments that act to render[the prefixed element] stationary or static in some respect
Etymology
The terminal element in certain names of scientific instruments, employed on the analogy of early coinages from other languages, namely heliostat (from the New Latin hēliostata, itself apparently representing an assumed Ancient Greek etymon of the form *ἡλιοστάτης (hēliostátēs), from ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”) + -στατης (-statēs), the latter an agent-nominal suffix from the aorist active participial stem (the στα- (sta-) root) of ἵστημι (hístēmi, “I cause to stand”, “I set”)), siderostat (from the Latin sīdus, sīder- (“star”) + the Ancient Greek -στατης (-statēs)), and aerostat (from the French aérostat, itself a back-formation from aérostatique (formed after hydrostatique), formed on the analogy of héliostat); later coinages have been formed on the analogy of heliostat, apparently with some reference to the Ancient Greek στατός (statós, “standing”, “stationary”). See also clinostat, hydrostat, and thermostat.
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -stat