static
adjective/ˈstætɪk/
/ˈstætɪk/
- not moving, changing or developing
- The balance sheet provides a static picture of the financial position at a point in time.
- Prices on the stock market, which have been static, are now rising again.
- a static population level
Extra ExamplesTopics Physics and chemistryc2- The population remained more or less static.
- Customers will not return to a website if the information is static.
- Sales were up 5% on last year, but pre-tax profits remained static.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- seem
- …
- very
- completely
- totally
- …
Definitions on the go
Look up any word in the dictionary offline, anytime, anywhere with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app.
- (physics) (of a force) acting as a weight but not producing movement
- static pressure
opposite dynamic
Word Originlate 16th cent. (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 cent.
Check pronunciation:
static