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Astatic

Webster's Dictionary

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Astatic'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/astatic.html. 1828.