"Astatic" is a word in ENGLISH

Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.

Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.

The tendency of organs (as roots) of plants to assume a position oblique or transverse to a direction towards the …

The line or course upon which anything is moving or aimed to move, or in which anything is lying or …

Tendency to any action or state resulting from natural constitution; nature; quality; as, a disposition in plants to grow in …

In the direction of health; as, a healthward tendency.

A direction or tendency from the true vertical or horizontal direction; as, the inclination of a column, or of a …

Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of the planets is from west to east.

Having the same direction or tendency; running side by side; being in accordance (with); tending to the same result; -- …

Backward tendency or movement after revolution, reform, or great progress in any direction.

Any action in resisting other action or force; counter tendency; movement in a contrary direction; reverse action.

Direction or course toward any place, object, effect, or result; drift; causal or efficient influence to bring about an effect …

Tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current.

The preposition to primarily indicates approach and arrival, motion made in the direction of a place or thing and attaining …

Inclination in a particular direction; tendency; general direction; as, the trend of a coast.

To be deflected; to take a different direction or tendency; to be directed otherwise; to be differently applied; to be …

Change of direction, course, or tendency; different order, position, or aspect of affairs; alteration; vicissitude; as, the turn of the …

To give another direction, tendency, or inclination to; to direct otherwise; to deflect; to incline differently; -- used both literally …

Hence, figuratively, a tendency of feeling, opinion, or the like, in a direction contrary to what is publicly shown; an …

Suffixes denoting course or direction to; motion or tendency toward; as in backward, or backwards; toward, or towards, etc.