systaltic

== English == === Etymology === From Latin systalticus (“drawing together”), from Ancient Greek συσταλτικός (sustaltikós), from συστέλλω (sustéllō). Compare systole. === Adjective === systaltic (not comparable) (archaic, biology) Capable of, or taking place by, alternate contraction and dilatation. (Ancient Greece, music) In Ancient Greek music: having a depressing influence. ==== Coordinate terms ==== (music): diastaltic, hesychastic ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “systaltic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.