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) In political history, stasis ( grc, στάσις; plural: ) refers to an episode of civil war within an ancient Greek city-state or polis. It was the result of opposition between groups of citizens, fighting over the constitution of the city or soci ...

, 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 ...

, a block of little or no evolutionary change in a species, in the punctuated equilibrium model of evolutionary biology * Stasis (fiction), 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 *

Stasis (liturgy) A kathisma (Greek: κάθισμα; Slavonic: каѳисма, ''kai-isma''), literally, "seat", is a division of the Psalter, used in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Rite Catholic churches. The word may also describe a hymn sung at Matins, a s ...

, 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 Steve Pickton a.k.a. Stasis is an English electronic-techno musician, record 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 ...

, British techno musician *

Stasis (music) 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 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 in medicine may refer to venous insufficiency

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