static
noun/ˈstætɪk/
/ˈstætɪk/
[uncountable]- noise or other effects that interrupt radio or television signals and are caused by particular conditions in the atmosphereTopics Physics and chemistryc2, TV, radio and newsc2
- (also static electricity)electricity that gathers on or in an object that is not a conductor of electricity
- My hair gets full of static when I brush it.
- staticsthe science that deals with the forces that balance each other to keep objects in a state of rest compare dynamic
- (North American English, informal) angry or critical comments or behaviourTopics Feelingsc2
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.
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