staticadj/ˈstæt.ɪk/

• 1

  Unchanging; that cannot or does not change.

  • It's important to know that the Earth's crust is in no manner a stable and static place.
• 2

  Making no progress; stalled, without movement or advancement.

• 3

  Immobile; fixed in place; having no motion.

  • England were ponderous with ball in hand, their runners static when taking the ball and their lines obvious, while their front row struggled badly in the scrum.
• 4

  computingengineeringmathematicsComputed, created, or allocated before the program starts running, as opposed to at runtime.

  • A further advantage of static type checking is of course computational efficiency, since run time checks are no longer necessary.
  • A static variable is one whose storage remains allocated for the duration of the entire program. All global variables are static variables.
• 5

  Defined for the class itself, as opposed to instances of it; thus shared between all instances and accessible even without an instance.

staticnoun/ˈstæt.ɪk/

• 1

  Interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television.

  • Near-synonyms: shash, snow
  • The World Series was on, but there was so much static that we could barely even follow the action.
• 2

  Interference or obstruction from people.

  • I was getting a lot of static from the bean counters whenever I tried to proceed.
• 3

  slangVerbal abuse.

  • Near-synonym: flak
  • Don't you be giving me any static over it. You know the rules.
• 4

  Static electricity.

  • This stupid carpet is always giving me a shock from the static.
• 5

  A static caravan.

• 6

  computingengineeringmathematicsA static variable.

  • Some compilers will allow statics to be inlined, but then incorrectly create multiple instances of the inlined variable at run-time.