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eu⋅sta⋅sy

  [yoo-stuh-see]
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–noun, plural -sies. Geology.
any uniformly global change of sea level that may reflect a change in the quantity of water in the ocean, or a change in the shape and capacity of the ocean basins.
Also, eu⋅sta⋅cy.

Origin:
1945–50; nominalization of eustatic caused by eustasy (< G eustatisch, coined by Austrian geologist Edward Suess (1831–1914); see eu-, static ), with -stasy for -stasis stasis, prob. on the model of ecstasy

Related forms:
eu⋅stat⋅ic  [yoo-stat-ik] , adjective
eu⋅stat⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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eu·sta·sy   (yōō'stə-sē)   
n.   pl. eu·sta·sies
A uniform worldwide change in sea level.

[From eustatic, of eustasy, from German eustatisch : eu- + stat(o)- + -isch, adj. suff.]
eu·stat'ic (-stāt'ĭk) adj.
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A uniform worldwide change in sea level caused especially by fluctuations in the amount of water taken up by continental and polar icecaps, or by a change in the capacity of ocean basins.

eustatic (y-stāt'ĭk)
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