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static
[ stat-ik ]
adjective
- pertaining to or characterized by a fixed or stationary condition.
- showing little or no change:
a static concept; a static relationship.
- lacking movement, development, or vitality:
The novel was marred by static characterizations, especially in its central figures.
- Sociology. referring to a condition of social life bound by tradition.
- Electricity. pertaining to or noting static electricity.
- noting or pertaining to atmospheric electricity interfering with radar, radio, the sending and receiving of wireless messages, etc.
- Physics. acting by mere weight without producing motion:
static pressure.
- Economics. pertaining to fixed relations, or different combinations of fixed quantities:
static population.
- 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
- Electricity.
- static or atmospheric electricity.
- interference due to such electricity.
- Informal. difficulty; trouble:
Will your dad give you any static on using the car?
static
/ ˈstætɪk /
adjective
- not active or moving; stationary
- (of a weight, force, or pressure) acting but causing no movement
- of or concerned with forces that do not produce movement Compare dynamic
- relating to or causing stationary electric charges; electrostatic
- of or relating to interference in the reception of radio or television transmissions
- of or concerned with statics
- sociol characteristic of or relating to a society that has reached a state of equilibrium so that no changes are taking place
- computing (of a memory) not needing its contents refreshed periodically Compare dynamic
noun
- random hissing or crackling or a speckled picture caused by the interference of electrical disturbances in the reception of radio or television transmissions
- electric sparks or crackling produced by friction
static
/ stăt′ĭk /
Adjective
- Having no motion; being at rest.
- Compare dynamic
- 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.
Derived Forms
- ˈstatically, adverb
Other Words From
- stati·cal·ly adverb
- non·static adjective
- un·static adjective
- un·stati·cal adjective
- un·stati·cal·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of static1
Example Sentences
Although America’s two-party system is pretty much baked in, we should not assume it’s entirely static: I recently wrote a historical essay that partly concerned the World War I-era demise of Britain’s center-left Liberal Party, which was destabilized and ultimately destroyed after its collision with a homegrown authoritarian movement.
In February, President Joe Biden decried the concept of “shrinkflation” — cutting the amount or quality of an item, yet keeping the price static — ahead of the Super Bowl, saying that “it’s a rip off.”
As Jamelle Bouie writes in the New York Times, “This brings us to the second thing you must keep in mind if you want to understand Trump. He may rant and he may rave, but his rantings and ravings aren’t static; they carry meaning, even if the signal is hard to find in the noise.”
You could see Ford was looking at Randall and not wanting the ball because he was on the back foot and static.
The painting’s surface appears squishy, dissolving from a static plane into an optical cloud.
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