static

[stat-ik] /ˈstæt ɪk/
adjective, Also, statical
1.
pertaining to or characterized by a fixed or stationary condition.
2.
showing little or no change:
a static concept; a static relationship.
3.
lacking movement, development, or vitality:
The novel was marred by static characterizations, especially in its central figures.
4.
Sociology. referring to a condition of social life bound by tradition.
5.
Electricity. pertaining to or noting static electricity.
6.
noting or pertaining to atmospheric electricity interfering with radar, radio, the sending and receiving of wireless messages, etc.
7.
Physics. acting by mere weight without producing motion:
static pressure.
8.
Economics. pertaining to fixed relations, or different combinations of fixed quantities:
static population.
9.
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
10.
Electricity.
  1. static or atmospheric electricity.
  2. interference due to such electricity.
11.
Informal. difficulty; trouble:
Will your dad give you any static on using the car?
Origin
1560-70; < Neo-Latin staticus < Greek statikós, equivalent to sta- (stem of histánai to make stand) + -tikos -tic
Related forms
statically, adverb
nonstatic, adjective
unstatic, adjective
unstatical, adjective
unstatically, adverb
Examples from the web for static
  • No longer was the world static, its creatures unchanged since time began.
  • Then, in the dark, he would apply a uniform static electric charge to the entire coated surface.
  • It is strangely schizophrenic: at once intellectually stimulating and emotionally static.
  • He had been viewing nature as something composed and static in order to pretend he didn't belong to it.
  • But counterinsurgency isn't a static mold into which the military can pour any war and wait for it to set.
  • It's wonderful to have a static image that doesn't flicker at you.
  • No people can live entirely within a static tradition.
  • None of this is to argue that museums should be entirely static.
  • College leaders can only make educated guesses with respect to static and rate-of-change variables.
  • The static text image on my desktop is the electronic cousin of late antiquity's reading invention.
British Dictionary definitions for static

static

/ˈstætɪk/
adjective
1.
not active or moving; stationary
2.
(of a weight, force, or pressure) acting but causing no movement
3.
of or concerned with forces that do not produce movement Compare dynamic (sense 1)
4.
relating to or causing stationary electric charges; electrostatic
5.
of or relating to interference in the reception of radio or television transmissions
6.
of or concerned with statics
7.
(sociol) characteristic of or relating to a society that has reached a state of equilibrium so that no changes are taking place
8.
(computing) (of a memory) not needing its contents refreshed periodically Compare dynamic (sense 5)
noun
9.
random hissing or crackling or a speckled picture caused by the interference of electrical disturbances in the reception of radio or television transmissions
10.
electric sparks or crackling produced by friction
See also statics
Derived Forms
statically, adverb
Word Origin
C16: from New Latin staticus, from Greek statikos causing to stand, from histanai to stand, put on the scales
Word Origin and History for static
adj.

1640s (earlier statical, 1560s), "pertaining to the science of weight and its mechanical effects," from Modern Latin statica, from Greek statikos "causing to stand, skilled in weighing," from stem of histanai "to make to stand, set; to place in the balance, weigh," from PIE root *sta- "stand" (see stet). The sense of "having to do with bodies at rest or with forces that balance each other" is first recorded 1802. Applied to frictional electricity from 1839.

n.

"random radio noise," 1912, from static (adj.). Figurative sense of "aggravation, criticism" is attested from 1926.

static in Science
static
  (stāt'ĭk)   
Adjective  

  1. Having no motion; being at rest. Compare dynamic.

  2. 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.
Slang definitions & phrases for static

static

noun

Complaints, back talk, trivial objections, etc: Here's the policy, and let's not have any static about it

[1953+; fr the atmospheric interference that makes unwanted noise in radio transmissions]


static in Technology
programming
static typing, static variable. storage
static random-access memory. World-Wide Web
static content. theory, programming
static analysis.