acrostatic
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “[at the] edge”) + στατικός (statikós, “steady”).
Adjective
acrostatic (not comparable)
- (linguistics) In Proto-Indo-European athematic nominals, having a specific pattern of ablaut in which the accent is placed on the root syllable in all cases.
- The Proto-Indo-European word for ‘night’ was acrostatic: nominative singular *nókʷ-t-s, genitive *nékʷ-t-s.
Synonyms
- acrodynamic
Coordinate terms
- amphikinetic
- hysterokinetic
- proterokinetic