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Found 1 definition: static.

Pos: Adjective, Noun

[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun static has 2 senses

1. static(n = noun.event) atmospheric static, atmospherics - a crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference;
is a kind of disturbance, interference, noise
has particulars: radio noise

2. static(n = noun.communication) - angry criticism; "they will probably give you a lot of static about your editorial"
is a kind of criticism, unfavorable judgment

Adjective static has 3 senses

1. static(s = adj.all) inactive, motionless, still - not in physical motion; "the inertia of an object at rest"

2. static(a = adj.pert) electrostatic - concerned with or producing or caused by static electricity; "an electrostatic generator produces high-voltage static electricity"

3. static(s = adj.all) stable, unchanging - showing little if any change; "a static population"

[CIDE DICTIONARY]

static, a. [Gr. statiko`s causing to stand, skilled in weighing, fr. 'ista`nai to cause to stand: cf. F. statique. See Stand, and cf. Stage.].

1. Resting; acting by mere weight without motion; as, statical pressure; static objects. [1913 Webster]

2. Pertaining to bodies at rest or in equilibrium. [1913 Webster]

Static electricity, Statical electricity. See the Note under Electricity, 1. -- Statical moment. See under Moment.

[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

static, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 stationary; not acting or changing; passive.
2 Physics a concerned with bodies at rest or forces in equilibrium (opp. DYNAMIC). b acting as weight but not moving (static pressure). c of statics.
--n.
1 static electricity.
2 atmospherics.

Idiom:
static electricity electricity not flowing as a current. static line a length of cord attached to an aircraft etc. which releases a parachute without the use of a ripcord.

Etymology:
mod.L staticus f. Gk statikos f. sta- stand

[ROGET DICTIONARY]

Attraction

N attraction, attractiveness, attractivity, drawing to, pulling towards, adduction, electrical attraction, electricity, static electricity, static, static cling, magnetism, magnetic attraction, gravity, attraction of gravitation, lodestone, loadstone, lodestar, loadstar, magnet, permanent magnet, siderite, magnetite, electromagnet, magnetic coil, voice coil, magnetic dipole, motor coil, rotor, stator, electrical charge, positive charge, negative charge, magnetic pole, north pole, south pole, magnetic monopole, attracting, attrahent, attractive, adducent, adductive, centrifugal, ubi mel ibi apes.