1 not moving, changing or developing:
The balance sheet provides a static picture of the financial position at a point in time. * Prices on the stock market, which have been static, are now rising again. * a static population level
2 (physics) (of a force) acting as a weight but not producing movement:
static pressure
OPPDYNAMIC
noun [U]
1 noise or other effects that disturb radio or television signals and are caused by particular conditions in the atmosphere
2 (also static electricity) electricity that gathers on or in an object which cannot CONDUCT a current:
My hair gets full of static when I brush it.
3 (statics) the science that deals with the forces that balance each other to keep objects in a state of rest
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