{ Sta*tis"tic (?), Sta*tis"tic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F. statistique.] Of or
pertaining to statistics; as, statistical knowledge, statistical
tabulation.
Sta*tis"tic*al*ly, adv. In the way of statistics.
Stat`is*ti"cian (?), n. [Cf. F. statisticien.] One versed in
statistics; one who collects and classifies facts for statistics.
Sta*tis"tics (?), n. [Cf. F. statistique, G. statistik. See State, n.]
1. The science which has to do with the collection and classification
of certain facts respecting the condition of the people in a state. [In
this sense gramatically singular.]
2. pl. Classified facts respecting the condition of the people in a
state, their health, their longevity, domestic economy, arts, property,
and political strength, their resources, the state of the country,
etc., or respecting any particular class or interest; especially, those
facts which can be stated in numbers, or in tables of numbers, or in
any tabular and classified arrangement.
Stat`is*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Statistics + -logy.] See Statistics, 2.
Sta"tive (?), a. [L. stativus, fr. stare, statum, to stand.] (Mil.) Of
or pertaining to a fixed camp, or military posts or quarters. [Obs. or
R.]
Stat"o*blast (?), n. [Gr. &?; standing (i. e., remaining) + -blast.]
(Zoöl.) 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.
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.
Sta*toc"ra*cy (?), n. [State + -cracy, as in democracy.] Government by
the state, or by political power, in distinction from government by
ecclesiastical power. [R.] O. A. Brownson.