Stasis (from Greek στάσις "a standing still") may refer to: * A state in

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. The heat equation, for example, is a stable partial diffe ...

, in which all forces are equal and opposing, therefore they cancel out each other * Stasis (political history), a period of civil war within an ancient Greek city-state *

Stasis (biology) In evolutionary biology, punctuated equilibrium (also called punctuated equilibria) is a theory that proposes that once a species appears in the fossil record, the population will become stable, showing little evolutionary change for most of i ...

, a block of little or no evolutionary change in a species, in the

punctuated equilibrium In evolutionary biology, punctuated equilibrium (also called punctuated equilibria) is a Scientific theory, theory that proposes that once a species appears in the fossil record, the population will become stable, showing little evolution, evol ...

model of evolutionary biology *

Stasis (fiction) A stasis or stasis field, in science fiction, is a confined area of space in which time has been stopped or the contents have been rendered motionless. Overview A stasis field is imagined to be a region in which a stasis process is in effect. S ...

, a concept in science fiction in which time or motion is stopped *

Stasis (film) Stasis (from Greek στάσις "a standing still") may refer to: * A state in stability theory, in which all forces are equal and opposing, therefore they cancel out each other * Stasis (political history), a period of civil war within an ancient ...

, a 2017 science-fiction film starring

Anna Harr Anna Harr is an American actress. She is known for her work on the films ''Stasis'', ''Bethany'' and ''Krampus Origins''. Life and career Anna was born in Phoenix, Arizona. She has four sisters and two brothers. She is a gymnast and a dancer. In ...

* Stasis (liturgy), a division of a Kathisma or other liturgical verses * Stasis (medicine), 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, moniker of Steve Pickton, British techno musician * Stasis (music), a technique or form used in

minimalist music In visual arts, Minimal music, music and other media, minimalism is an art movement that began in post–World War II in Western art, most strongly with American visual arts in the 1960s and early 1970s. Prominent artists associated with minimal ...

, and also any other style that may use slow musical development *

Stasis (rhetoric) ''Inventio'', one of the five canons of rhetoric, is the method used for the ''discovery of arguments'' in Western rhetoric and comes from the Latin word, meaning "invention" or "discovery". ''Inventio'' is the central, indispensable canon of rh ...

, a rhetoric technique * ''

Stasis (The UA Years 1971–1975) ''Stasis (The UA Years 1971–1975)'' 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 ...

'', a compilation album by Hawkwind * "Stasis" (''The Outer Limits''), an episode of the television show * ''Stasis'' (video game), a science fiction point-and-click crowdfunded video game released in 2015 *

Venous stasis Venostasis, or venous stasis, is a condition of slow blood flow in the veins, usually of the legs. Presentation Complications Potential complications of venous stasis are: * Venous ulcers * Blood clot formation in veins (venous thrombosis), tha ...

in medicine may refer to venous insufficiency

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