Static

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Static \Stat"ic\ (st[a^]t"[i^]k), Statical \Stat"ic*al\
     (-[i^]*kal), a. [Gr. statiko`s causing to stand, skilled in
     weighing, fr. 'ista`nai 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.


        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Pertaining to bodies at rest or in equilibrium.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     {Static electricity}, {Statical electricity}. See the Note
        under {Electricity}, 1.
  
     {Statical moment}. See under {Moment}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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: {inactive}, {motionless}, {still}]
       3: concerned with or producing or caused by static electricity;
          "an electrostatic generator produces high-voltage static
          electricity" [syn: {electrostatic}]
       4: showing little if any change; "a static population" [syn: {stable},
           {unchanging}]
       n 1: a crackling or hissing noise cause by electrical
            interference [syn: {atmospherics}, {atmospheric static}]
       2: angry criticism; "they will probably give you a lot of
          static about your editorial"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  193 Moby Thesaurus words for "static":
     Babel, abeyant, abiding, apathetic, at a standstill, at anchor,
     atmospherics, battery-powered, bedlam, biostatic, birdies, blaring,
     blasting, blind spot, blooping, blurping, cacophony, capacity,
     cataleptic, catatonic, changeless, character, confusion of tongues,
     constant, contemplative, continuing, crawling, creeping, dead,
     dead-still, difficulties, difficulty, distortion, do-nothing,
     dopey, dormant, drift, dull, durable, dynamoelectric, electric,
     electric-powered, electrified, electrifying, electrochemical,
     electrodynamic, electrokinetic, electromechanical, electrometric,
     electromotive, electropneumatic, electrostatic, electrothermal,
     enduring, fade-out, fading, feedback, firm, fixed, flak, flat,
     flutter, fluttering, footing, foul, frozen, galvanic,
     galvanometric, geostatic, groggy, heavy, hell, hissing, howling,
     hum, hydroelectric, idle, immobile, immotive, immovable, immutable,
     in abeyance, in suspense, inactive, inert, intact, interference,
     invariable, inviolate, laissez-aller, laissez-faire, languid,
     languorous, lasting, latent, leaden, lifeless, location, locus,
     logy, meditative, motionless, motorboating, moveless, neuter,
     neutral, noise, out of commission, pandemonium, paralytic,
     paralyzed, passive, permanent, perpetual, persistent, phlegmatic,
     photoelectric, piezoelectric, place, point, position, problems,
     procrastinating, quiescent, quietist, quietistic, racket, rank,
     reception, remaining, riding at anchor, rigid, rumble, scratching,
     sedentary, shredding, site, situation, slack, sleeping, sluggish,
     slumbering, smoldering, solid, spot, squeals, stabile, stable,
     stagnant, stagnating, standing, standpat, state, station,
     stationary, statuelike, staying, steadfast, steady, sticky, still,
     stock-still, stopped, stuck, suspended, sustained, tame, torpid,
     trouble, unactive, unaltered, unaroused, unchangeable, unchanged,
     unchanging, unchecked, undestroyed, unemployed, unfading,
     unfailing, unmoved, unmoving, unshifting, unvaried, unvarying,
     vegetable, vegetative, voltaic, where, whistles, woomping, wow,
     wowwows