static
/ˈstæt.ɪk/ · stat·ic
noun
- Interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television. The static on the old television made it difficult to watch the news.
- Interference or obstruction from people. The static from the crowd made it hard for the speaker to be heard.
- Static electricity. The static in her hair made it stand on end after she walked across the carpet.
adjective
- Unchanging; that cannot or does not change. The static temperature in the desert made it difficult to survive.
- Immobile; fixed in place; having no motion. The static sculpture stood motionless in the garden.
- Computed, created or allocated before the program starts running, and usually not changeable at runtime. The static variables in the code made it hard to debug.
Did you know? The term 'static' is often used in physics to describe the equilibrium of an object, where it is in a state of balance and not moving.