- pertaining to or characterized by a fixed or stationary condition.
- showing little or no change: a static concept; a static relationship.
- lacking movement, development, or vitality: The novel was marred by static characterizations, especially in its central figures.
- referring to a condition of social life bound by tradition.
- pertaining to or noting static electricity.
- noting or pertaining to atmospheric electricity interfering with radar, radio, the sending and receiving of wireless messages, etc.
- acting by mere weight without producing motion: static pressure.
- pertaining to fixed relations, or different combinations of fixed quantities: static population.
- (of data storage, processing, or programming) unaffected by the passage of time or the presence or absence of power: A static website contains web pages with fixed content that does not change as the user interacts with it.
- Electricity.
- static or atmospheric electricity.
- interference due to such electricity.
- difficulty; trouble: Will your dad give you any static on using the car?
- not active or moving; stationary
- (of a weight, force, or pressure) acting but causing no movement
- of or concerned with forces that do not produce movement
- relating to or causing stationary electric charges; electrostatic
- of or relating to interference in the reception of radio or television transmissions
- of or concerned with statics
- characteristic of or relating to a society that has reached a state of equilibrium so that no changes are taking place
- (of a memory) not needing its contents refreshed periodically
- random hissing or crackling or a speckled picture caused by the interference of electrical disturbances in the reception of radio or television transmissions
- electric sparks or crackling produced by friction
