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Static

//ˈstæt.ɪk// adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Unchanging; that cannot or does not change. not-comparable

    "It's important to know that the Earth's crust is in no manner a stable and static place."

  2. 2
    Making no progress; stalled, without movement or advancement. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Immobile; fixed in place; having no motion. not-comparable

    "England were ponderous with ball in hand, their runners static when taking the ball and their lines obvious, while their front row struggled badly in the scrum."

  4. 4
    Computed, created, or allocated before the program starts running, as opposed to at runtime. not-comparable

    "A further advantage of static type checking is of course computational efficiency, since run time checks are no longer necessary."

  5. 5
    Defined for the class itself, as opposed to instances of it; thus shared between all instances and accessible even without an instance. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    showing little if any change wordnet
  2. 2
    not in physical motion wordnet
  3. 3
    concerned with or producing or caused by static electricity wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television. uncountable

    "Near-synonyms: shash, snow"

  2. 2
    angry criticism wordnet
  3. 3
    Interference or obstruction from people. broadly, figuratively, uncountable

    "I was getting a lot of static from the bean counters whenever I tried to proceed."

  4. 4
    a crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference wordnet
  5. 5
    Verbal abuse. US, slang, uncountable

    "Near-synonym: flak"

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  1. 6
    Static electricity. uncountable

    "This stupid carpet is always giving me a shock from the static."

  2. 7
    A static caravan. countable
  3. 8
    A static variable. countable

    "Some compilers will allow statics to be inlined, but then incorrectly create multiple instances of the inlined variable at run-time."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Modern Latin staticus, from Ancient Greek στατικός (statikós), from ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to make stand”). By surface analysis, stasis + -tic.

Etymology 2

Modern Latin staticus, from Ancient Greek στατικός (statikós), from ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to make stand”). By surface analysis, stasis + -tic.

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