in-situ

Definitions of in-situ
  1. adjective
    staying completely still without shifting position
    “the archeologists could date the vase because it was in-situ”
    “an in-situ investigator”
    synonyms: unmoved
    unaltered, unchanged
    remaining in an original state
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