static

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English

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) statick

Etymology

Modern Latin staticus, from Ancient Greek στατικός (statikós), from ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to make stand”). By surface analysis, stasis +‎ -tic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈstæt.ɪk/
• (General American, Canada, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈstæt.ɪk/, [ˈstæɾ.ɪk]
• Rhymes: -ætɪk

Adjective

static (not comparable)

1. Unchanging; that cannot or does not change.

   Synonyms: stable; see also Thesaurus:changeless

   Antonyms: dynamic; see also Thesaurus:changeable
2. Making no progress; stalled, without movement or advancement.

   Synonym: stuck

3. Immobile; fixed in place; having no motion.

   Synonyms: stuck, unmovable; see also Thesaurus:immobile

   Antonyms: dynamic, kinetic, mobile, moving; see also Thesaurus:movable
4. (programming) Computed, created, or allocated before the program starts running, as opposed to at runtime.

   Antonyms: dynamic, nonstatic
5. (object-oriented programming) Defined for the class itself, as opposed to instances of it; thus shared between all instances and accessible even without an instance.

Derived terms

Related terms

• stasis

Translations

Noun

static (countable and uncountable, plural statics)

1. (uncountable) Interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television.

   Near-synonyms: shash, snow

   • 1976, Boating (volume 40, numbers 1-2, page 152)

     The FCC says it decided to attempt standardization of VHF receivers after getting "thousands of complaints" from disgruntled boatmen who found their sets brought in mostly a lot of garble and static.
2. (figurative, by extension, uncountable) Interference or obstruction from people.

   Coordinate term: runaround

3. (uncountable, slang, US) Verbal abuse.

   Near-synonym: flak
4. (uncountable) Static electricity.

5. (countable) A static caravan.
6. (countable, programming) A static variable.

Related terms

• statics

Translations

Anagrams

• Ticats, Ti-Cats, -tastic, cat sit, ticats, attics, catsit, cat-sit

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French statique. By surface analysis, sta (to stay) +‎ -atic.

Adjective

static m or n (feminine singular statică, masculine plural statici, feminine and neuter plural statice)

1. static

Declension