Dictionary
stat
Pronunciation: (stat), [key] Informal.
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n.
1. Also,'stat.thermostat.
2. photostat.
stat
Pronunciation: (stat), [key] Informal.
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n.
1. statistic.
2. Usually,
stats. statistics.
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adj.
of, pertaining to, or containing statistics:
Some sports fans memorize all the stat sheets published about a team. stat
Pronunciation: (stat), [key]—
adv. Med. Informal.
immediately.
-stat
a combining form used in the names of devices that stabilize or make constant what is specified by the initial element:
thermostat; rheostat. stat.
1. (in prescriptions) immediately.
2. statuary.
3. statue.
4. statute.
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