static
pronunciation
How to pronounce static in British English:
UK [ˈstætɪk]
How to pronounce static in American English:
US [ˈstætɪk]
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- Noun:
- a crackling or hissing noise cause by electrical interference
- angry criticism
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- Adjective:
- not active or moving
- not in physical motion
- concerned with or producing or caused by static electricity
- showing little if any change
Word Origin
- static
- static: [17] Static means etymologically ‘causing to stand’. Its ultimate ancestor is Greek statós ‘placed, standing’, a derivative of the base *sta- ‘stand’ (to which English stand is related). From this was derived statikós ‘causing to stand’, which passed into English via Latin staticus.=> stand
- static (adj.)
- 1630s, "pertaining to the science of weight and its mechanical effects," from Modern Latin statica, from Greek statikos "causing to stand, skilled in weighing," from stem of histanai "to make to stand, set; to place in the balance, weigh," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Earlier statical (1560s). The sense of "having to do with bodies at rest or with forces that balance each other" is first recorded 1802. Applied to frictional electricity from 1839.
- static (n.)
- "random radio noise," 1912, from static (adj.). Figurative sense of "aggravation, criticism" is attested from 1926.
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Example
- 1. This is an example of a static balance .
- 2. Being right is a fundamentally conservative and static place .
- 3. But what about the less than or equal sign in the static friction model ?
- 4. Progress is open-ended , many like to think , while utopia signifies a condition of static perfection .
- 5. Radio frequencies used by british armed forces radio now only crackle with static .