static

== English == === Alternative forms === statick (obsolete) === Etymology === Modern Latin staticus, from Ancient Greek στατικός (statikós), from ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to make stand”). By surface analysis, stasis +‎ -tic. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈstæt.ɪk/ (General American, Canada, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈstæt.ɪk/, [ˈstæɾ.ɪk] Rhymes: -ætɪk === Adjective === static (not comparable) Unchanging; that cannot or does not change. Synonyms: stable; see also Thesaurus:changeless Antonyms: dynamic; see also Thesaurus:changeable Making no progress; stalled, without movement or advancement. Synonym: stuck Immobile; fixed in place; having no motion. Synonyms: stuck, unmovable; see also Thesaurus:immobile Antonyms: dynamic, kinetic, mobile, moving; see also Thesaurus:movable (programming) Computed, created, or allocated before the program starts running, as opposed to at runtime. Antonyms: dynamic, nonstatic (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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== stasis ==== Translations ==== === Noun === static (countable and uncountable, plural statics) (uncountable) 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 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 and static. (figurative, by extension, uncountable) Interference or obstruction from people. Coordinate term: runaround (uncountable, slang, US) Verbal abuse. Near-synonym: flak (uncountable) Static electricity. (countable) A static caravan. (countable, programming) A static variable. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== statics ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Ticats, Ti-Cats, -tastic, cat sit, ticats, attics, catsit, cat-sit == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French statique. By surface analysis, sta (to stay) +‎ -atic. === Adjective === static m or n (feminine singular statică, masculine plural statici, feminine/neuter plural statice) static ==== Declension ====