01 a. Having little or no tendency to take a fixed or definite position or direction: thus, a suspended magnetic needle, when rendered astatic, l…
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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.