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  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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