static
IPA: stˈætɪk
noun
- (uncountable) Interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television.
- (figurative, by extension, uncountable) Interference or obstruction from people.
- (uncountable) Static electricity.
- (countable) A static caravan.
- (uncountable, slang, US) Verbal abuse.
- (countable, programming) A static variable.
adjective
- Unchanging; that cannot or does not change.
- Making no progress; stalled, without movement or advancement.
- Immobile; fixed in place; having no motion.
- (programming) Computed, created, or allocated before the program starts running, as opposed to at runtime.
- (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.
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Examples of "static" in Sentences
- The movement is now static.
- He is specialized in statics.
- I found this in the fluid statics page.
- He also worked on statics and the catenary.
- Incidentally, is that a static, unshared IP
- Slowly the Empire grows static and decadent.
- The airtight case is vented to the static port.
- Alternatively, the change of the static unit may be quantitative.
- Because the latter is for statics and does not consider dynamics.
- A static mixer then completes the dissolution of the chemicals in the liquid.