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stat⋅ic

  [stat-ik]
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–adjective Also, stat⋅i⋅cal.
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.
–noun
9. Electricity.
a. static or atmospheric electricity.
b. interference due to such electricity.
10. Informal. difficulty; trouble: Will your dad give you any static on using the car?
Origin:
1560–70; < NL staticus < Gk statikós, equiv. to sta- (s. of histánai to make stand ) + -tikos -tic

Related forms:
stat⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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stat·ic   (stāt'ĭk)   
adj.  

    1. Having no motion; being at rest; quiescent.

    2. Fixed; stationary.

  2. Physics Of or relating to bodies at rest or forces that balance each other.

  3. Electricity Of, relating to, or producing stationary charges; electrostatic.

  4. Of, relating to, or produced by random radio noise.

n.  

  1. Random noise, such as crackling in a receiver or specks on a television screen, produced by atmospheric disturbance of the signal.

  2. Informal

    1. Back talk.

    2. Interference; obstruction.

    3. Angry or heated criticism.


[New Latin staticus, relating to weight, from Greek statikos, causing to stand, from statos, standing; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]
stat'i·cal adj., stat'i·cal·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
static

  1. n.
    complaints. : I don't expect any static because of the noise. I warned the neighbors about the party.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

static  (adj.)
1646 (earlier statical, 1570), "pertaining to the science of weight and its mechanical effects," from Mod.L. statica, from Gk. statikos "causing to stand, skilled in weighing," from stem of histanai "to cause to stand, weigh," from PIE base *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. The noun meaning "radio noise" is first recorded 1913; fig. sense of "aggravation, criticism" is attested from 1926.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: stat·ic
Pronunciation: 'stat-ik
Function: adjective
1 : characterized by a lack of movement or change staticcondition>
2 : ELECTROSTATIC —stat·i·cal·ly /-i-k(&-)lE/ adverb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Computing Dictionary

static programming
static typing, static variable.
static random-access memory.
static content.
static analysis.

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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