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static
[ stat-ik ]
adjective
- pertaining to or characterized by a fixed or stationary condition.
- showing little or no change:
a static concept; a static relationship.
- lacking movement, development, or vitality:
The novel was marred by static characterizations, especially in its central figures.
- Sociology. referring to a condition of social life bound by tradition.
- Electricity. pertaining to or noting static electricity.
- noting or pertaining to atmospheric electricity interfering with radar, radio, the sending and receiving of wireless messages, etc.
- Physics. acting by mere weight without producing motion:
static pressure.
- Economics. pertaining to fixed relations, or different combinations of fixed quantities:
static population.
- Computers. (of data storage, processing, or programming) unaffected by the passage of time or the presence or absence of power:
A static website contains web pages with fixed content that does not change as the user interacts with it.
noun
- Electricity.
- static or atmospheric electricity.
- interference due to such electricity.
- Informal. difficulty; trouble:
Will your dad give you any static on using the car?
static
/ ˈstætɪk /
adjective
- not active or moving; stationary
- (of a weight, force, or pressure) acting but causing no movement
- of or concerned with forces that do not produce movement Compare dynamic
- relating to or causing stationary electric charges; electrostatic
- of or relating to interference in the reception of radio or television transmissions
- of or concerned with statics
- sociol characteristic of or relating to a society that has reached a state of equilibrium so that no changes are taking place
- computing (of a memory) not needing its contents refreshed periodically Compare dynamic
noun
- random hissing or crackling or a speckled picture caused by the interference of electrical disturbances in the reception of radio or television transmissions
- electric sparks or crackling produced by friction
static
/ stăt′ĭk /
Adjective
- Having no motion; being at rest.
- Compare dynamic
- Relating to or producing static electricity.
Noun
- Distortion or interruption of a broadcast signal, such as crackling or noise in a receiver or specks on a television screen, often produced when background electromagnetic radiation in the atmosphere disturbs signal reception or when there are loose connections in the transmission or reception circuits.
Derived Forms
- ˈstatically, adverb
Other Words From
- stati·cal·ly adverb
- non·static adjective
- un·static adjective
- un·stati·cal adjective
- un·stati·cal·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of static1
Example Sentences
From where Turner sits, he doesn’t mind if the most widely used numbers paint him as static.
While we are lucky that our vaccines still work against the current variants, we have to keep in mind that in this race between vaccines and variants, the variants aren’t staying static.
There is some overlap in the mutations in the three variants, but they arose independently and, along with other variants under review, provide a vivid reminder that the coronavirus is not a static target for vaccines and the human immune system.
Simple tricks learned over development, such as bringing up static artwork or controlling where the user focused their attention, helped mitigate nausea.
In the case of SEO, the outcomes are either better, worse, or static keyword rankings.
But engine technology has not been static in the past decade.
In prison, Fama had discovered that he had considerably less static with blacks than he did with whites.
This means that the camera has to be static and I have to include some explanatory inter-titles.
Another Warhol “Screen Test”, this time shot in early 1965, and putting a static Edie Sedgwick on screen for four minutes.
Each level consists of a static screen covered with blue and orange pegs.
“There is no static to-night,” said Mr. Brandon, who overheard the enthusiastic girl.
All at once every symbol was constant, static and livid upon the screen, enhanced by the words equate—complete—equate—complete.
There was a clicking sound and the loudspeaker died with a sputter of static.
There was an immediate crackle and burst of static electricity, and the stumbler fell back yelping and shaking his arms.
It has been stated that modern theory recognizes two classes of electricity, the Static and the Dynamic.
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