Defn: The branch of mathematics which studies methods for the calculation of probabilities.
STATISTOLOGY
Stat`is*tol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Statistics + -logy.]
Defn: See Statistics, 2.
STATIVE
Sta"tive, a. Etym: [L. stativus, fr. stare, statum, to stand.] (Mil.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to a fixed camp, or military posts or quarters. [Obs. or R.]
STATOBLAST
Stat"o*blast, n. Etym: [Gr. i.e., remaining) + -blast.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of a peculiar kind of internal buds, or germs, produced in the interior of certain Bryozoa and sponges, especially in the fresh- water species; — also called winter buds.
Note: They are protected by a firm covering, and are usually destined to perpetuate the species during the winter season. They burst open and develop in the spring. In some fresh-water sponges they serve to preserve the species during the dry season. See Illust. under Phylactolæmata.
STATOCRACY
Sta*toc"ra*cy, n. Etym: [State + -cracy, as in democracy.]
Defn: Government by the state, or by political power, in distinction from government by ecclesiastical power. [R.] O. A. Brownson.