a. Surveying. Obs. [f. Gr. στάσι-ς standing, station (see STASIS) + μέτρ-ον measure + -IC.] (See quots.)
1774. M. Mackenzie, Treat. Surveying (1819), Introd. p. xiv. A Stasimetric Survey, is, when the mutual distances of three, or more, proper objects are carefully measured; and by means of these objects, the position and distance of all stations along the coast determined trigonometrically, each at its respective station alone, independent of one another.
1824. W. H. Smyth, Mem. Sicily, etc. iv. 145. I therefore deduce the height [of Ætna] … from stasimetric points previously ascertained on shore.
