static
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti
Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi
Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)
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.
Inflected forms:
form: statick
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: statics
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: statick
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Unchanging; that cannot or does not change.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: It's important to know that the Earth's crust is in no manner a stable and static place.
gloss: Making no progress; stalled, without movement or advancement.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Immobile; fixed in place; having no motion.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: England were ponderous with ball in hand, their runners static when taking the ball and their lines obvious, while their front row struggled badly in the scrum.
gloss: Computed, created, or allocated before the program starts running, as opposed to at runtime.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: A further advantage of static type checking is of course computational efficiency, since run time checks are no longer necessary.
A static variable is one whose storage remains allocated for the duration of the entire program. All global variables are static variables.
Despite the term, a static website doesn’t mean one that never changes. Static refers to the fact that the site’s assets—HTML files, graphics, and other downloadable content such as PDF files—are just static files sitting in an S3 bucket.
gloss: Defined for the class itself, as opposed to instances of it; thus shared between all instances and accessible even without an instance.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Near-synonyms: shash, snow
The World Series was on, but there was so much static that we could barely even follow the action.
The FCC says it decided to attempt standardization of VHF receivers after getting "thousands of complaints" from disgruntled boatmen who found their sets brought in mostly a lot of garble and static.
The girls don't seem to care tonight / As long as the mood is right / No static at all (no static, no static at all) / FM (no static at all)
Damaged Hologram: --alled Reapers. [static]... the Citadel... [static] ...overwhelmed... [static] ...only hope... [static]...
Damaged Hologram: --[static] act of desperation... [static] ... the Conduit... [static] ... all is lost [static]
Damaged Hologram: ...cannot be stopped... [static] ...cannot be stopped... [static]
gloss: Interference or obstruction from people.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
figuratively
uncountable
examples: I was getting a lot of static from the bean counters whenever I tried to proceed.
gloss: Verbal abuse.
pos: noun
tags: US
slang
uncountable
examples: Near-synonym: flak
Don't you be giving me any static over it. You know the rules.
You want to start some static?
Drove to the pad and hit the showers / Didn't even get no static from the cowards
And then she heads for the clinic and she gets some static walkin' through the doors / They call her a killer, and they call her a sinner, and they call her a whore
gloss: Static electricity.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: This stupid carpet is always giving me a shock from the static.
gloss: A static caravan.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A static variable.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Some compilers will allow statics to be inlined, but then incorrectly create multiple instances of the inlined variable at run-time.
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
static scoping
static separation of duty
static site
static typing
static water
staticy
statite
stereostatic
stiction
thyrostatic
ultrastatic
unstatic
virostatic
isostatic
staticky
staticproof
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