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static |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Static \Stat"ic\, Statical \Stat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ? causing to stand skilled in weighing, fr ? 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. 2. Pertaining to bodies at rest or in equilibrium. {Statical electricity}. See Note under {Electricity}, 1. {Statical moment}. See under {Moment}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: static adj 1: not active or moving "a static village community and a completely undynamic type of agriculture"; "static feudal societies" [syn: {unchanging}] 2: not in physical motion; "the inertia of an object at rest" [syn: {at rest}, {inactive}, {motionless}, {still}] 3: showing little if any change; "a static population" [syn: {stable}, {unchanging}] n : a crackling or hissing noise cause by electrical interference [syn: {atmospherics}, {atmospheric static}]
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