English Explanatory Dictionary

static

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Unchanging; that cannot or does not change.
  2. Making no progress; stalled, without movement or advancement.
  3. Immobile; fixed in place; having no motion.
  4. Computed, created, or allocated before the program starts running, as opposed to at runtime.
  5. Defined for the class itself, as opposed to instances of it; thus shared between all instances and accessible even without an instance.
noun
  1. Interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television.
  2. Interference or obstruction from people.
  3. Verbal abuse.
  4. Static electricity.
  5. A static caravan.
  6. A static variable.

Pronunciation

/ˈstæt.ɪk/ [ˈstæɾ.ɪk] en-us-static.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Simplificationalizer-static.wav

Word forms

static statick statics

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi Ancient Greek ῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek στᾰτῐκός (stătĭkós)der. Latin staticusder. English static Modern Latin staticus, from Ancient Greek στατικός (statikós), from ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to make stand”). By surface analysis, stasis + -tic.

Synonyms

stable constant changeless equal nonchanging static stationary unaltering unchanging unvarying stuck unmovable fixed immobile immotile immovable inanimate inert lifeless sessile rigid unmoveable shash snow flak

Antonyms

dynamic changeable changeful changeling everchanging fickle fluid inconstant labile mobile moody shiftable up-and-down unstable variable volatile wavering kinetic moving ambulatory animate motile motive movable vagile nonstatic

Related words

stasis statics

Derived words

acrostatic adipostatic aerostatic anti-static antistatic astatic bistatic chemostatic chronostatic ciliostatic electrostatic extended static checking geostatic homostatic hydrostatic hyperstatic kinetostatic lithostatic menostatic mesostatic metallostatic metastatic microstatic monostatic mucostatic multistatic oncostatic oostatic orthostatic phytostatic pitot-static psychostatic quasistatic semistatic statical statically static binding static caravan static class static cling static dispatch static efficiency static electricity static equilibrium static fire static-fire static friction statichute static IP address staticity staticization staticize static kill static language static line static load static memory allocation static port static random access memory static scope
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