stat1
[stat]Informal.
- Also 'stat. thermostat.
- photostat.
Origin of stat1
First recorded in 1955–60; by shortening
stat2
[stat]Informal.
- statistic.
- Usually stats. statistics.
- of, relating to, or containing statistics: Some sports fans memorize all the stat sheets published about a team.
Origin of stat2
shortening of statistics, statistic
stat3
[stat]
- immediately.
Origin of stat3
From the Latin word statim
stat.1
- (in prescriptions) immediately.
Origin of stat.1
From the Latin word statim
stat.2
-stat
- a combining form used in the names of devices that stabilize or make constant what is specified by the initial element: thermostat; rheostat.
Origin of -stat
< Greek -statēs, equivalent to sta- (stem of histánai to make stand; see stand) + -tēs agent noun suffix
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Examples from the Web for stat
Contemporary Examples
ESPN would not say how much it cost to land Silver, but the stat wizard did acknowledge that money was a factor.
According to the American Cancer Society-affiliated study that yielded this stat, aspirin might be great for the gut.
And the Republican solution is to get more people hitched, stat.
The 2011 University of Toronto-affiliated study that yielded this stat compared pot-smoking and non-pot-smoking MS patients.
Is Pot Good for Lungs? New Marijuana Study Adds to Health-Effects DebateAnneli Rufus
January 14, 2012
But most of it happens at night, according to the University of Indiana–affiliated study that yielded this stat.
It's High Time for Conception: Studies Show Peak Times, Weather for SexAnneli Rufus
December 27, 2011
Historical Examples
The alarming consequences of this doctrine led to the passing of stat.
Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1.Samuel Warren
She began to make the three ritual entrechats, but Stat stopped her.
Helpfully YoursEvelyn E. Smith
When she set down on the Stat field she would be flaming a banner of trouble.
Plague ShipAndre Norton
This definition is borrowed from the ancient Law of England, Stat.
The Underground RailroadWilliam Still
It loves the fig-trees with nothing but leaves; it adores the stat magni nominis umbra.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume VIIJohn Lord
stat.
- (in prescriptions) immediately
- stationary
- statute
Word Origin
(sense 1) from Latin statim
-stat
- indicating a device that causes something to remain stationary or constantthermostat
Word Origin
from Greek -statēs, from histanai to cause to stand
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Word Origin and History for stat
n.
"instrument that keeps something stationary," before 1970, shortened form of Latin statim (adv.), originally "to a standstill," from status (see state (n.1)).
-stat
combining form used in forming the names of devices for stabilizing or regulating (thermostat, etc.), from Greek statos "standing, stationary," from histanai "to cause to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). First used in heliostat "an instrument for causing the sun to appear stationary" (1742).
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stat
(stăt)
- With no delay.
- Immediate.
-stat
- Something that stabilizes:barostat.
- Something that inhibits:hemostat.
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