Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Static"
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) 1.7 (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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