Static

//ˈstæt.ɪk// adj, noun, slang

adj, noun, slang ·Very common ·Middle school level

Definitions

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."

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

Synonyms

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electrostaticmotionlessstablestillunchangingmundane

Example

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"The population of this town has been static for the last ten years."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

anti-staticextended static checkingpitot-staticstatic IP addressstatic bindingstatic caravanstatic classstatic clingstatic dispatchstatic efficiencystatic electricitystatic equilibrium

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