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   Stat·ic

   /ˈstadik/

   

   adjective

   • 1. lacking in movement, action, or change, especially in a way viewed as undesirable or uninteresting: "demand has grown in what was a fairly static market" Similar unchangedfixedstablesteadyunchangingchangelessunvaryinginvariableconstantconsistentuniformundeviatingOpposite variable
   • ▪ (of a process or variable) not able to be changed during a set period, for example while a program is running.
   • 2. concerned with bodies at rest or forces in equilibrium.
   • ▪ acting as weight but not moving.
   • ▪ relating to statics.
   • 3. (of an electric charge) having gathered on or in an object that cannot conduct a current: "the film is vulnerable to the collection of static charges"
   • 4. (of a memory or store) not needing to be periodically refreshed by an applied voltage.

   noun

   • 1. crackling or hissing noises on a telephone, radio, or other telecommunications system: "the phone was full of static that sounded distant"
   • ▪ short for static electricity
   • ▪ angry or critical talk or behavior: "the reception was going sour, breaking up into static"

   Word Origin late 16th century (denoting the science of weight and its effects): via modern Latin from Greek statikē (tekhnē) ‘science of weighing’; the adjective from modern Latin staticus, from Greek statikos ‘causing to stand’, from the verb histanai. Sense 1 of the adjective dates from the mid 19th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. statically adverb
   • 2. staticky adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   a static concept; a static relationship. lacking movement, development, or vitality: The novel was marred by static characterizations, especially in its central figures.

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   Static means not moving or changing––it's often used to describe abstract ideas that can't be seen. "The troops were moving all over the country, engaged in skirmishes, but the army's overall position remained static."