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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun static has 2 senses
- static(n = noun.event) atmospheric static, atmospherics - a crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference; Array is a kind of disturbance, interference, noise
- static(n = noun.communication) Array - angry criticism; "they will probably give you a lot of static about your editorial" is a kind of criticism, unfavorable judgment
has particulars: radio noise
Adjective static has 3 senses
- static(s = adj.all) inactive, motionless, still - not in physical motion; "the inertia of an object at rest"
- static(a = adj.pert) electrostatic - concerned with or producing or caused by static electricity; "an electrostatic generator produces high-voltage static electricity"
- static(s = adj.all) stable, unchanging - showing little if any change; "a static population"
CIDE DICTIONARY
static, a. [Gr. statiko`s causing to stand, skilled in weighing, fr. 'ista`nai to cause to stand: cf. F. statique. See Stand, and cf. Stage.].
- Resting; acting by mere weight without motion; as, statical pressure; static objects. [1913 Webster]
- Pertaining to bodies at rest or in equilibrium. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
static, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 stationary; not acting or changing; passive.
2 Physics a concerned with bodies at rest or forces in equilibrium (opp. DYNAMIC). b acting as weight but not moving (static pressure). c of statics.
--n.
1 static electricity.
2 atmospherics.
--adj.
1 stationary; not acting or changing; passive.
2 Physics a concerned with bodies at rest or forces in equilibrium (opp. DYNAMIC). b acting as weight but not moving (static pressure). c of statics.
--n.
1 static electricity.
2 atmospherics.
Idiom
static electricity electricity not flowing as a current. static line a length of cord attached to an aircraft etc. which releases a parachute without the use of a ripcord.
Etymology
mod.L staticus f. Gk statikos f. sta- stand
THESAURUS
static
Babel, abeyant, abiding, apathetic, at a standstill, at anchor, atmospherics, battery-powered, bedlam, biostatic, birdies, blaring, blasting, blind spot, blooping, blurping, cacophony, capacity, cataleptic, catatonic, changeless, character, confusion of tongues, constant, contemplative, continuing, crawling, creeping, dead, dead-still, difficulties, difficulty, distortion, do-nothing, dopey, dormant, drift, dull, durable, dynamoelectric, electric, electric-powered, electrified, electrifying, electrochemical, electrodynamic, electrokinetic, electromechanical, electrometric, electromotive, electropneumatic, electrostatic, electrothermal, enduring, fade-out, fading, feedback, firm, fixed, flak, flat, flutter, fluttering, footing, foul, frozen, galvanic, galvanometric, geostatic, groggy, heavy, hell, hissing, howling, hum, hydroelectric, idle, immobile, immotive, immovable, immutable, in abeyance, in suspense, inactive, inert, intact, interference, invariable, inviolate, laissez-aller, laissez-faire, languid, languorous, lasting, latent, leaden, lifeless, location, locus, logy, meditative, motionless, motorboating, moveless, neuter, neutral, noise, out of commission, pandemonium, paralytic, paralyzed, passive, permanent, perpetual, persistent, phlegmatic, photoelectric, piezoelectric, place, point, position, problems, procrastinating, quiescent, quietist, quietistic, racket, rank, reception, remaining, riding at anchor, rigid, rumble, scratching, sedentary, shredding, site, situation, slack, sleeping, sluggish, slumbering, smoldering, solid, spot, squeals, stabile, stable, stagnant, stagnating, standing, standpat, state, station, stationary, statuelike, staying, steadfast, steady, sticky, still, stock-still, stopped, stuck, suspended, sustained, tame, torpid, trouble, unactive, unaltered, unaroused, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, unchecked, undestroyed, unemployed, unfading, unfailing, unmoved, unmoving, unshifting, unvaried, unvarying, vegetable, vegetative, voltaic, where, whistles, woomping, wow, wowwowsROGET THESAURUS
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Attraction
N attraction, attractiveness, attractivity, drawing to, pulling towards, adduction, electrical attraction, electricity, static electricity, static, static cling, magnetism, magnetic attraction, gravity, attraction of gravitation, lodestone, loadstone, lodestar, loadstar, magnet, permanent magnet, siderite, magnetite, electromagnet, magnetic coil, voice coil, magnetic dipole, motor coil, rotor, stator, electrical charge, positive charge, negative charge, magnetic pole, north pole, south pole, magnetic monopole, attracting, attrahent, attractive, adducent, adductive, centrifugal, ubi mel ibi apes.
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