static

(stăt'ĭk)

1. 1. Having no motion; being at rest; quiescent.
   2. Fixed; stationary.
2. Physics. Of or relating to bodies at rest or forces that balance each other.
3. Electricity. Of, relating to, or producing stationary charges; electrostatic.
4. Of, relating to, or produced by random radio noise.

1. Random noise, such as crackling in a receiver or specks on a television screen, produced by atmospheric disturbance of the signal.
2. Informal.
   1. Back talk.
   2. Interference; obstruction.
   3. Angry or heated criticism.

[New Latin staticus, relating to weight, from Greek statikos, causing to stand, from statos, standing.]

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A hissing, crackling, or other sudden sharp noise that tends to interfere with the reception, utilization, or enjoyment of desired signals or sounds. Perhaps the commonest form of static is that heard in ordinary broadcast receivers during electrical storms. Interference in radio receivers caused by improperly operating electric devices in the vicinity is sometimes also called static. See also Sferics.

The crackling sounds heard when long-playing plastic phonograph records are played are also called static. These sounds are caused by sudden deflection of the phonograph needle by dust particles, which are attracted by the grooves of the record by surface electric charges caused by friction on dry days. Static appears as momentary white specks in a television picture. See also Electrical interference; Electrical noise.

(1) Refers to something that is fixed and unchanging. Contrast with dynamic.

(2) Interference or noise in a signal as in the unwanted disturbance in a radio signal. See noise.

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Definition: motionless, changeless
Antonyms: active, changeable, continuous, mobile, moving, variable

Crackling noise heard on AM radio receivers. Caused by electric storms or electric devices.

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1. stable with opposing forces in balance.
2. minor electric disturbance.

• s. fetal cadaver — see mummification.
• s. reaction — reflexes which maintain a steady posture; they may be local, segmental or general.

• Electricity and Electronics - static: disturbance of radio or television reception by natural, atmospheric, or electrical phenomena
• Television Technology - static: atmospheric electrical discharges that interfere with television waves
• Inert, Lazy, Tired, or Insensate

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Static has several meanings:

• Static electricity, a net charge of an object
  • The triboelectric effect, e.g. from shoes rubbing carpet
• White noise, a random signal with a flat power spectral density
  • Noise (radio), a type of radio interference
  • Noise (video), the snow seen on a TV screen
• Statics, a branch of physics concerned with physical systems in equilibrium
  • Fluid statics, the science of fluids at rest
• Static pressure, a concept in aircraft instrumentation and fluid dynamics
  • Static port, a sensor used on aircraft to measure static pressure
• Static spacetime, a spacetime in which the geometry does not change

In computer science

• Static code analysis, a set of methods for analyzing code without running it
• Static IP address, an address configured on a device which does not change
• Static linking, where identifiers are associated with data or sections of code during linking not run-time
• Static logic, digital logic which does not use a clock signal
• Static memory allocation, carried out at compile time
• Static method, a method of a class that does not need an explicit object reference
• Static random access memory, a type of semiconductor memory which retains its contents as long as power is applied
• Static typing, where type checking is applied at compile-time, not run-time
• Static variables may be constants, local function variables, or class variables depending on the context, variables that are common to all objects
• Static web design, which offers a layout that cannot adapt to viewer needs

In popular culture and the arts

• "Static", a 1988 funk music single by Full Force and James Brown
• "Static", a 1983 music single by Planet P Project on the album Planet P Project {album)
• "Static", a song by 2pac Shakur
• Static, a superhero created and owned by Steve Ditko
• Static-X, an American industrial metal band
  • Wayne Static, co-founder, front-figure, vocalist and guitarist of Static-X
• Static (film), a 1986 cult movie directed by Mark Romanek
• Static (Planet Funk album)
• Static (Mr. Big album)
• Static (Bleach album)
• Static (DC Comics), a Milestone and DC Comics superhero
• "Static" (The Twilight Zone), a second-season episode 20 of The Twilight Zone broadcast on March 10, 1961
• Static character, a character who does not undergo significant change during the course of a story
• Static Major, Steve "Static" Garrett, a member of R&B group Playa and songwriter for Aaliyah and Ginuwine

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - statisk, stillestående
n. - statisk, atmosfæriske forstyrrelser, voldsom kritik

idioms:

• static electricity    statisk elektricitet

Nederlands (Dutch)
statisch, lawaai

Français (French)
adj. - bloqué, immuable, stationnaire, (Phys) statique, (Comput) statique, fixe (des données)
n. - électricité statique, (Radio, TV) (bruit) de friture, parasites, (US) embêtements

idioms:

• static electricity    électricité statique

Deutsch (German)
n. - atmosphärische Störungen
adj. - statisch

idioms:

• static electricity    statische Elektrizität

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (Η/Υ) ατμοσφαιρικά (ραδιοφωνικά) παράσιτα, (καθομ.) παράπονα, γκρίνιες
adj. - (φυσ., μτφ.) στατικός

idioms:

• static electricity    (φυσ.) στατικός ηλεκτρισμός

Italiano (Italian)
statica, statico

idioms:

• static electricity    elettricità statica

Português (Portuguese)
n. - estática (f)
adj. - estático

idioms:

• static electricity    eletricidade estática (f)

Русский (Russian)
атмосферные помехи, шум и гам, ругань, громкий спор, статический, статичный, неподвижный, стационарный

idioms:

• static electricity    статическое электричество

Español (Spanish)
adj. - estático
n. - interferencias

idioms:

• static electricity    electricidad estática

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - atmosfäriska störningar, statisk elektricitet
adj. - statisk, stillastående, stagnerad, stel

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
静的, 静力的, 静态的, 静止的, 静电, 静电干扰, 天电, 静电噪声

idioms:

• static electricity    静位觉

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 靜的, 靜力的, 靜態的, 靜止的
n. - 靜電, 靜電干擾, 天電, 靜電雜訊

idioms:

• static electricity    靜位覺

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 정적인, 정지 상태의, (컴퓨터) 정적 (재생하지 않아도 기억 내용이 유지되는)
n. - 공중 전기, (수신기의) 잡음, 불평

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 静止した, 活気のない, 静電気の, 静力学の
n. - 空電, 電波障害, 静電気

idioms:

• static electricity    静電気

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تشويش اذاعي (صفه) ساكن, راكد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נייח, סטטי, לא דינמי, קפוא, לא נע‬
n. - ‮הפרעות חשמל באטמוספרה הנגרמות ע"י ברק, חשמל סטטי, הפרעות אטמוספריות בתקשורת‬

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