static
adjective
[ ˈstatɪk ]
• lacking in movement, action, or change, especially in an undesirable or uninteresting way.
• "demand has grown in what was a fairly static market"
Similar:
unchanged,
fixed,
stable,
steady,
unchanging,
changeless,
unvarying,
invariable,
constant,
consistent,
uniform,
undeviating,
• concerned with bodies at rest or forces in equilibrium.
• (of an electric charge) having gathered on or in an object that cannot conduct a current.
• "the film is vulnerable to the collection of static charges"
• (of a memory or store) not needing to be periodically refreshed by an applied voltage.
static
noun
• crackling or hissing noises on a telephone, radio, or other telecommunication system.
• "the phone was full of static that sounded distant"
Origin:
late 16th century (denoting the science of weight and its effects): via modern Latin from Greek statikē (tekhnē ) ‘science of weighing’; the adjective from modern Latin staticus, from Greek statikos ‘causing to stand’, from the verb histanai . Sense 1 of the adjective dates from the mid 19th century.
-static
combining form
• in adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -stasis (such as hemostatic corresponding to hemostasis ).
