stat·ic 
(stătĭk)
(stătĭk)adj.
1.
a. Having no motion; being at rest; quiescent.
b. Fixed; stationary.
2. Physics Of or relating to bodies at rest or forces that balance each other.
3. Electricity Of, relating to, or producing stationary charges; electrostatic.
n.
1. Interference or noise, such as crackling in a receiver, produced when static or atmospheric electricity disturbs signal reception.
2. Informal
a. Back talk.
b. Interference; obstruction.
c. Angry or heated criticism.
[New Latin staticus, relating to weight, from Greek statikos, causing to stand, from statos, standing; see stā- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
stati·cal adj.
stati·cal·ly adv.