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stat

1  [stat] ,Informal.
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–noun
1. Also, 'stat. thermostat.
2. photostat.
Origin:
1955–60; by shortening

stat

2  [stat] ,Informal.
–noun
1. statistic.
2. Usually, stats. statistics.
–adjective
3. of, pertaining to, or containing statistics: Some sports fans memorize all the stat sheets published about a team.
Origin:
shortening of statistics, statistic

stat

3  [stat]
–adverb Medicine/Medical Informal.
immediately.
Origin:
< L statim

-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:
< Gk -statēs, equiv. to sta- (s. of histánai to make stand; see stand ) + -tēs agent n. suffix

stat.

 
1. (in prescriptions) immediately. Origin:
< L statim
2. statuary.
3. statue.
4. statute.
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stat 1   (stāt)   
n.  A statistic.
stat 2   (stāt)   
adv.  With no delay; at once.
adj.  Immediate: "Next I want a stat EKG and a chest film" (David Shobin).

[Short for Latin statim; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]
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stat 
"instrument that keeps something stationary," before 1970, shortened form of L. statim (adv.), originally "to a standstill," from status (see state). The combining form -stat used in devices for stabilizing (thermostat, etc.) is from Gk. statos "standing, stationary," from histanai "to cause to stand," from PIE base *sta- "to stand" (see stet). First used in heliostat "an instrument for causing the sun to appear stationary" (1742).
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Language Translation for : stat
Spanish: país,
German: das Land,
Japanese: 国
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Main Entry: stat
Pronunciation: 'stat
Function: adverb
: STATIM
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stat (stāt)
adv.
With no delay. adj.
Immediate.

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stat
  1. from Latin statim (immediately)
  2. statistics
STAT
stratospheric tracers of atmospheric transport
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