The term stasis has several meanings:

• A state of stability, in which all forces are equal and opposing, therefore they cancel out each other.
• In medicine, stasis means the state in which the normal flow of a body liquid stops, for example the flow of blood through vessels or of intestinal contents through the digestive tract.
• In science fiction, the concept of stasis implies an artificial pause that stops all physical and chemical processes, including those of life; they resume as if uninterrupted as soon as the stasis is ended.
• In music, it is a technique or form used in minimalist music, and also any other style that may use slow musical development.