stato-, stat-, sta-, -static, -stasi, staso-, -stasis, -stasia, -stacy, -stitute, -stitution, -sist

1. A belief in the magical effects of a specific action or ritual; especially, in the likelihood that good or bad luck will result from performing it.
2. Irrational beliefs; irrational and often quasi-religious belief in and reverence for the magical effects of some actions and rituals or the magical powers of some objects.
3. Etymology: via French from Latin superstition; superstes, "standing over (in awe)"; from super, "over, above" plus stare, "to stand".

Defined by some as, "the unreasoning fear of anything founded on the fear of the unreasoning."

1. Of the nature of, characterized by, or proceeding from superstition: superstitious fears.
2. Pertaining to or connected with superstition; superstitious legends.
3. Believing in, full of, or influenced by superstition.

Likely to fear what is unknown; such as, the man who said he wasn't superstitious because he was afraid it might bring him bad luck.

1. A device for determining temperature; also may be used to monitor control of temperatures.
2. A thermometer whose impedance varies with the ambient temperature and so is able to measure extremely small changes in temperature.
3. A reference in electronics to a temperature-sensitive semiconductor device possessing a negative temperature coefficient (i.e., resistance decreases as temperature increases); commonly used as a bolometer to measure temperatures and, indirectly, microwave energy levels.

Not affected by changing temperatures.

1. Relatively stable or resistant to heat.
2. Not readily subject to alteration or destruction by heat.

The maintenance of body temperature in warm-blooded animals at a set value.

1. An apparatus for the automatic regulation of heat, as in an incubator.
2. A device used to control the temperature in a room, building, or other enclosure; hotter or cooler air is supplied as necessary to maintain the temperature at the same level as the setting on the thermostat.

Referring to a thermostat.

The study of thermodynamic systems that are in thermal equilibrium.