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   static

   /ˈstatɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. lacking in movement, action, or change, especially in an undesirable or uninteresting way: "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 telecommunication system: "the phone was full of static that sounded distant"
   • ▪ short for static electricity
   • ▪ angry or critical talk or behaviour: "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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   Synonyms and examples. constant. Check to make sure your oven maintains a constant temperature. the same. You look exactly the same as you did ten years ago! same old same old. informal. The Italian restaurant is under new management, but it's just the same old same old. unchanging.

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   Synonyms for STATIC: motionless, stationary, standing, immobile, in place, nonmoving, stagnant, immovable; Antonyms of STATIC: mobile, movable, moving, moveable, nonstationary, flexible, motile, adjustable

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   Definitions of static. adjective. not in physical motion. synonyms: inactive, motionless, still. nonmoving, unmoving. not in motion. adjective. showing little if any change. “a static population” synonyms: stable, unchanging. unchangeable. not changeable or subject to change. adjective. concerned with or producing or caused by static electricity.