Astatic
A·stat·ic
Astatic
a.
- Having little or no tendency to take a fixed or definite position or direction: thus, a suspended magnetic needle, when rendered astatic, loses its polarity, or tendency to point in a given direction. (Magnetism)
Phrases & Compounds
- Astatic pair
- a pair of magnetic needles so mounted as to be nearly or quite astatic, as in some galvanometers.