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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.
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Static

Stat"ic\, Statical \Stat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ? causing to stand, skilled in weighing, fr. ? to cause to stand: cf. F. statique. See Stand, and cf. Stage.]

1. Resting; acting by mere weight without motion; as, statical pressure; static objects.

2. Pertaining to bodies at rest or in equilibrium.

Statical electricity. See Note under Electricity, 1.

Statical moment. See under Moment.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : static
Italian: statico,
German: statisch,
Japanese: 静的な
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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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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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static   (stāt'ĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
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.
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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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