Meaning

Unchanging; that cannot or does not change..

Definitions by Sense

1. Unchanging; that cannot or does not change.
2. Making no progress; stalled, without movement or advancement.
3. Immobile; fixed in place; having no motion.
4. (programming) Computed, created, or allocated before the program starts running, as opposed to at runtime.
5. (object-oriented programming) Defined for the class itself, as opposed to instances of it; thus shared between all instances and accessible even without an instance.
6. (uncountable) Interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television.
7. (figurative, by extension, uncountable) Interference or obstruction from people.
8. (uncountable, slang, US) Verbal abuse.

Example Sentences

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

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.

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.

Despite the term, a static website doesn’t mean one that never changes. Static refers to the fact that the site’s assets—HTML files, graphics, and other downloadable content such as PDF files—are just static files sitting in an S3 bucket.

Near-synonyms: shash, snow

The World Series was on, but there was so much static that we could barely even follow the action.

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 and static.

Word Forms

• statick
• statics

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Use static when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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