Term: -stat
IPA: stat, stæt

{{also|Appendix:Variations of "stat"}}
==English==

===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*steh₂-}}
The terminal element in certain names of scientific instruments, employed on the analogy of early coinages from other languages, namely {{m|en|heliostat}} (from the {{cog|la-new|hēliostata}}, itself apparently representing an assumed [[w:Ancient Greek|Ancient Greek]] etymon of the form *{{m|grc|ἡλιοστάτης}}, from {{m|grc|ἥλιος||sun}} + {{m|grc|-στάτης}}, the latter an agent-nominal suffix from the aor