static

[static]

Static means not moving or changing––it's often used to describe abstract ideas that can't be seen. "The troops were moving all over the country, engaged in skirmishes, but the army's overall position remained static."

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Noun
angry criticism; "they will probably give you a lot of static about your editorial"

Noun
a crackling or hissing noise cause by electrical interference

Adjective S.
showing little if any change; "a static population"

Adjective S.
not active or moving; "a static village community and a completely undynamic type of agriculture"; "static feudal societies"

Adjective S.
not in physical motion; "the inertia of an object at rest"

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Adjective
concerned with or producing or caused by static electricity; "an electrostatic generator produces high-voltage static electricity"


a.
Alt. of Statical


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Usage Examples

Architects in the past have tended to concentrate their attention on the building as a static object. I believe dynamics are more important: the dynamics of people, their interaction with spaces and environmental condition.

The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

Flexibility is crucial to my fitness. Incorporating a good warm-up and cool-down into every session decreases my chances of injury. I use both dynamic and static stretching in my training. I've starting doing a few yoga sessions which incorporates muscle strength and flexibility.

In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In physical terms, I move through them yet in metaphysical ones, they seem to move through me.

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