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static
/ˈstæt.ɪk/
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What does static mean?
adjective
- Unchanging; that cannot or does not change.
- Making no progress; stalled, without movement or advancement.
- Immobile; fixed in place; having no motion.
More meanings (8)
adjective
- Computed, created, or allocated before the program starts running, as opposed to at runtime.
- Defined for the class itself, as opposed to instances of it; thus shared between all instances and accessible even without an instance.
noun
- Interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television.
- (figuratively) Interference or obstruction from people.
- (slang) Verbal abuse.
- Static electricity.
- A static caravan.
- A static variable.
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IPA pronunciation
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There is an axiom in Nature, that "Nothing is static," which, being interpreted, means, that nothing stands still.
In static societies, societies which make the maintenance of established custom their measure of value, this conception applies in the main.
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It is well to bear this thought in mind in considering the static period of science upon which we are entering.
This was impossible for them, because the philosophy which they followed contemplated the phenomena of adaptation as part of a static immutable system.
In fact, notes were kept of the intensity of the signals, the presence of local atmospheric electrical discharges--"static"--or intermittent sounds due to discharges from snow particles--St.