static

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Unchanging; that cannot or does not change.
2. (not-comparable) Making no progress; stalled, without movement or advancement.
3. (not-comparable) Immobile; fixed in place; having no motion.
4. (not-comparable) Computed, created, or allocated before the program starts running, as opposed to at runtime.
5. (not-comparable) Defined for the class itself, as opposed to instances of it; thus shared between all instances and accessible even without an instance.

Noun

1. (uncountable) Interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television.
2. (broadly, figuratively, uncountable) Interference or obstruction from people.
3. (US, slang, uncountable) Verbal abuse.
4. (uncountable) Static electricity.
5. (countable) A static caravan.
6. (countable) A static variable.

Opposite of

dynamic, changeless, kinetic, mobile, moving, immobile, nonstatic

Synonyms

stable

inactive

stationary

still

motionless

immobile

electrostatic

atmospherics

unchanging

atmospheric static

fixed

dead

💀

inert

stagnant

immovable

unmoved

sluggish

stagnating

standstill

statical

static electricity

steady

stereotype

strays

swash

trouble

unmoving

white noise

nonmoving

nonmotile

sferics

atmospheric electricity

radio noise

akinetic

aggravation

nondynamic

cliché

confusion

criticism

dull

firm

fuss

interference

natural wave

noise

peaceful

quiescent

quietude

rigid

rolling

Translations

statique

estàtic

estático

statico

estático

στατικός

statisch

estática

électrostatique

elektrostatisch

elettrostatico

statisch

estática

duruk

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈstæt.ɪk/

Etymology

Modern Latin staticus, from Ancient Greek στατικός (statikós), from ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to make stand”). By surface analysis, stasis + -tic.