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Etymology

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ModernLatinstaticus,fromAncient Greekστατικός(statikós),fromἵστημι(hístēmi,“to make stand”).Bysurface analysis,stasis+‎-tic.

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Adjective

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static(notcomparable)

  1. Unchanging;that cannot or does notchange.
    Synonyms:stable;see alsoThesaurus:changeless
    Antonyms:dynamic;see alsoThesaurus:changeable
    • 2012,Chinle Miller,In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks,Kindle edition:
      It's important to know that the Earth's crust is in no manner a stable andstaticplace.
  2. Making noprogress;stalled, without movement or advancement.
    Synonym:stuck
  3. Immobile;fixedin place; having nomotion.
    Synonyms:stuck,unmovable;see alsoThesaurus:immobile
    Antonyms:dynamic,kinetic,mobile,moving;see alsoThesaurus:movable
    • 2011October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, inBBC Sport‎[1]:
      England were ponderous with ball in hand, their runnersstaticwhen taking the ball and their lines obvious, while their front row struggled badly in the scrum.
  4. (programming)Computed,created,orallocatedbefore the program starts running, as opposed to atruntime.
    Antonyms:dynamic,nonstatic
    • 1980,R. Barbuti, A. Martelli, “Static Type Checking for Languages with Parametric Types and Polymorphic Procedures”, inProceedings of the Fourth ‘Colloque Internationale sur la Programmation’:
      A further advantage ofstatictype checking is of course computational efficiency, since run time checks are no longer necessary.
    • 1998,Nell B. Dale, Chip Weems, Mark R. Headington, chapter 8, inProgramming and Problem Solving with C++:
      Astaticvariable is one whose storage remains allocated for the duration of the entire program. All global variables arestaticvariables.
    • 2019,Ben Piper, David Clinton, chapter 12, inAWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Study Guide with Online Labs:
      Despite the term, astaticwebsite doesn’t mean one that never changes.Staticrefers to the fact that the site’s assets—HTML files, graphics, and other downloadable content such as PDF files—are juststaticfiles sitting in an S3 bucket.
  5. (object-oriented programming)Defined for theclassitself, as opposed toinstancesof it; thus shared between all instances andaccessibleeven without an instance.

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Noun

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static(countableanduncountable,pluralstatics)

  1. (uncountable)Interferenceon abroadcastsignalcaused byatmosphericdisturbances;heard ascracklesonradio,or seen asrandomspecksontelevision.
    Near-synonyms:shash,snow
    The World Series was on, but there was so muchstaticthat we could barely even follow the action.
    • 1976,Boating(volume 40, numbers 1-2, page 152)
      The FCC says it decided to attempt standardization of VHF receivers after getting "thousands of complaints" from disgruntled boatmen who found their sets brought in mostly a lot of garble andstatic.
    • 1978,Walter Becker,Donald Fagen(lyrics and music), “FM (No Static at All)”,inFM (soundtrack),performed bySteely Dan:
      The girls don't seem to care tonight / As long as the mood is right / Nostaticat all (no static, no static at all) / FM (nostaticat all)
    • 2008,BioWare,Mass Effect,Redwood City: Electronic Arts,→ISBN,→OCLC,PC, scene: Ilos:
      Damaged Hologram: --alled Reapers. [static]... the Citadel... [static]...overwhelmed... [static]...only hope... [static]...
      Damaged Hologram: --[static] act of desperation... [static]... the Conduit... [static]... all is lost [static]
      Damaged Hologram:...cannot be stopped... [static]...cannot be stopped... [static]
  2. (figurative,by extension,uncountable)Interference orobstructionfrom people.
    Coordinate term:runaround
    I was getting a lot ofstaticfrom the bean counters whenever I tried to proceed.
  3. (uncountable,slang,US)Verbalabuse.
    Near-synonym:flak
    Don't you be giving me anystaticover it. You know the rules.
    • 1984,Daniel Petrie Jr.,Beverly Hills Cop,spoken by Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy), Paramount Pictures:
      You want to start somestatic?
    • 1998,“What It's Like”, performed by Everlast:
      And then she heads for the clinic and she gets somestaticwalkin' through the doors / They call her a killer, and they call her a sinner, and they call her a whore
  4. (uncountable)Static electricity.
    This stupid carpet is always giving me a shock from thestatic.
  5. (countable)Astatic caravan.
  6. (countable,programming)A staticvariable.
    • 2000,Dov Bulka, David Mayhew,Efficient C++: Performance Programming Techniques,page149:
      Some compilers will allowstaticsto be inlined, but then incorrectly create multiple instances of the inlined variable at run-time.
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Etymology

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BorrowedfromFrenchstatique.Bysurface analysis,sta(to stay)+‎-atic.

Adjective

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staticmorn(feminine singularstatică,masculine pluralstatici,feminine and neuter pluralstatice)

  1. static

Declension

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singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite static statică statici statice
definite staticul statica staticii staticele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite static statice statici statice
definite staticului staticei staticilor staticelor
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