staticn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈstatɪk/, U.S.

/ˈstædɪk/

Forms: 1500s staticke, 1500s statike, 1500s–1700s statick, 1600s statique, 1600s– static.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin statica; Latin staticus.

Etymology: As noun < post-classical Latin statica art of weighing (1591 or earlier) < ancient Greek στατική art of weighing, use as noun (short for τέχνη στατική static art) of feminine of στατικός , adjective (see below). As adjective < post-classical Latin staticus of or relating to weighing (1514 or earlier) < ancient Greek στατικός causing to stand, skilled in weighing (also attested with various prefixes: see -static comb. form) < -στάτης (only attested in compounds: see -stat comb. form¹) + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare earlier statical adj. Compare French statique (1634 as noun in sense A. 1a; 1721 as adjective designating an Arabic numeral; from mid 19th cent. as adjective in opposition to dynamique ), Italian statica (1745 in sense A. 1a). Compare dynamic adj., kinetic adj.

A. n.

†1.

a. = statics n. 1a. Obsolete.

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the world > matter > physics > mechanics > dynamics > statics > [noun]

static1570

staticsa1643

1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. biiij Statike, is an Arte Mathematicall, which demonstrateth the causes of heauynes, and lightnes of all thynges: and of motions and properties, to heauynes and lightnes, belonging.

1578 W. Bourne Treasure for Traueilers iv. To Rdr. f.2 The which Art or Science, called Staticke, dooth shewe the heauinesse or lightnesse of any thing.

a1582 W. Bourne Treat. Properties of Glasses Ep. Ded., in J. O. Halliwell Rara Mathematica (1839) 33 Youre Honoure had some speeche with mee, as touching measuring the moulde of a shipp. Whiche gave mee occasyon to wryte a litle Boke of Statick.

1653 tr. Math. Recreations (new ed.) (verso title page) With strange experiments in Astronomie, And Navigation, with each severall Picture, In Musick, Opticks, and in Architecture: In Statick, Machanicks, and Chymistrie.

1873 W. K. Clifford Syllabus Lect. in Math. Papers (1882) 516 The science which teaches under what circumstances particular motions take place..is called Dynamic..It is divided into two parts, Static..and Kinetic.

1883 F. G. Fleay Three Lect. Educ. 19 The Science of Static, in which the principle of Virtual Velocities—or, as I would rather call it, the principle of Energetic Moment—is shown to be the condition of equilibrium or rest.

b. The metrology of weight. Cf. statical adj. 1d. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > the metrology of weights

static1699

1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 456 Talent originally is a word of Static [printed Statics, but see Errata], and means LX pound weight of any thing.

†2. Supposedly: a person affected with a form of epileptic seizure in which perception and memory are not impaired. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > fit or stroke > epilepsy > types of

analepsya1398

static1728

grand mal1833

petit mal1874

pyknolepsy1922

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Staticks, Statici, in Medicine, a kind of Epilepticks, or Persons seiz'd with Epilepsies... The Staticks differ from the Catalepticks, in that, these last have no Sense of external Objects, nor remember any thing that passes at the Time of the Paroxysm.

3. Static electricity. Frequently attributive.

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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > [noun] > static electricity

Franklinism1883

static1892

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > [adjective] > relating to static electricity

latent1789

electrostatic1844

electrostatical1846

heterostatic1867

static1956

1892 C. Thom & W. H. Jones Telegr. Connections 28/2 The neutral relay is the more sensitive to its effects; and to remove the ‘static’ is vital to the successful working of the quadruplex.

1916 ‘B. M. Bower’ Phantom Herd xiv. 233 All that negative I took to-day is chock full of ‘static’.

1956 Planning 22 128 Static elimination is the removal of the harmful electric charges which accumulate on fibres and thin sheets during manufacturing processes.

1979 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 5 May 8/1 The winter smell of the settlement has become that of laundry aids—fluffers and static eradicators.

2008 New Yorker 28 Apr. 54/1 An old baseball cap was pulled down over his pale, dumpling features—his white hair stuck up around it as if charged with static.

a. Electrical disturbances producing interference with the reception of telecommunications and broadcasts, typically manifesting as crackling or hissing noises; atmospherics. Cf. noise n. 11a.

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society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > [noun] > signal > interference

cross-talk1887

static1905

X1906

statics1912

click1914

jam1914

grinder1922

hash1923

mush1924

echo1928

image1928

radio echo1928

harmonic interference1929

second channel1932

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > signal > [noun] > unwanted part of signal > types of

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ambient noise1926

background1927

ground noise1929

hum1929

Johnson noise1929

microphonic1929

thermal noise1930

parasitic1943

flicker noise1947

overhang1971

1905 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 20 Jan. 211/1 How far our spark interfered with other systems it is beyond my knowledge to speculate... We found one enemy when the rainy season approached. That was the ‘static’ caused by thunder storms.

1913 Wireless World Nov. 508/2 Communication will also be had with New Orleans, which the static formerly prevented.

1928 Sat. Evening Post 12 May 50/3 He had just paid $300 for a new radio and..tried to get Dubuque, but there was much static.

1950 ‘N. Shute’ Town like Alice v. 156 He wanted to see a live broadcast of ‘Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh’ which he listened to on short wave from Brisbane when the static permitted.

2005 Wall St. Jrnl. 7 Dec. (Central ed.) b10/1 The technology eliminates hissing and static.

b. slang (originally U.S.). figurative and in allusive use. Someone or something regarded as meaningless, worthless, or as a cause of interference; (hence) harassment, trouble; fuss. Cf. noise n. 11b.

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the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > [noun] > harassment

baiting1303

cumbrance1377

persecutiona1382

pursuita1387

aggrievancea1400

vexing?a1425

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harassment1753

aggrievement1778

badgering1785

pesteration1802

bedevilment1844

worrying1848

tail-twisting1887

bloodhounding1891

aggravation1902

static1923

crap1935

hassle1969

monstering1979

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun]

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ruption1483

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static1923

comess1944

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bassa-bassa1956

1923 Printers' Ink 10 May 13 (advt.) Is there a manufacturer of motor-cars or accessories in the audience who is looking for a fresh viewpoint—whose business is suffering from ‘too much static’?

1925 Collier's 19 Sept. 8/3 He's just so much static to me.

1926 Marine Corps Gaz. Dec. 241 Lay off that sob-stuff, Jim, yer makin' too much static.

1953 W. S. Burroughs Junkie viii. 77 Hell, I love junk... But if I can't use it without I get static all the time from the law, I'll get off junk and stay off.

1969 C. Young Todd Dossier 154 If I notified Security it would just mean a lot of fuss,..where was the requisition, all that static.

1974 L. Deighton Spy Story xvii. 186 Spare me the static... Why didn't you lay it on for me, about working for the goddam Brits?

2007 J. Armstrong et al. Thick of It: Scripts Episode 4. 146 Oh, don't give her any fucking static, just ring her back now.

5. British. A caravan permanently located on a site.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > other types of dwelling > [noun] > caravan

cart-house1603

caravan1805

house wagon1833

wagon1851

house trailer1885

caboose1912

mobile home1934

travel trailer1936

trailer home1940

static caravan1947

Dormobile1952

caravette1953

trailer house1954

motor home1961

double-wide1966

static1980

1980 Financial Times 26 Jan. 13/3 United British Caravans..has ‘statics’ in Brittany, Normandy and the Vendée.

1989 Pract. Caravan Sept. 81/2 Our park is fairly limited in terms of availability of pitches—six tourers and 15 statics—and we find many people coming back year after year.

1995 Yorkshire Evening Press 20 May 11/6 (advt.) Mobile caravan repairs services... Damp work, insurance estimates, accessories fitted on tourers/statics.

2003 T. Morton Further North you Go 8 There are hundreds of caravans, statics, mobile homes, trailers, call them what you will, scattered across the rock and bog of the isles.

B. adj.

†1.

a. Relating to the effects of weight or density, or conditions of equilibrium with respect to the distribution of weight; (of a power or principle) tending to bring about such equilibrium; (of experiments) aimed at investigating the effects of weight or density in air (as opposed to water). Obsolete.

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the world > matter > physics > mechanics > dynamics > statics > [adjective] > relating to forces in equilibrium > of a power or principle of equilibrium

static1640

1640 Bp. J. Wilkins Discov. New World (ed. 3) i. xiv. 221 The aire is in some part of it navigable. And that upon this Staticke principle; any brasse or iron vessell (suppose a kettle) whose substance is much heavier than that of the water, yet being filled with the lighter aire, it will..not sinke.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. ii. 105 After a few vibrations up and down (as is Observable in all Statick Experiments) they arrive at a Counterpoise.

1666 J. Beale Let. 28 Apr. in R. Boyle Corr. (2001) III. 158 By mooveing & stirring it with the hand or bowle..we shall see the static lawes observed; the foame, bubbles & lighter parts ascende; & the heavier parts descende.

1726 E. Thomas Poems Several Occasions 158 A Power! uncircumscribed by Fate, Or statick Laws did all create.

1775 E. Barry Observ. Wines Ancients xiii. 391 It is very evident from static experiments, that the whole size and weight of the greatest tree, is owing to water alone.

b. figurative. Characterized by stability or equilibrium; (of temperament or disposition) stable, constant. Also: that brings about stability. Obsolete.

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the world > health and disease > mental health > [adjective] > of the mind

rightOE

wholeOE

good1404

sound1531

static1652

spacked1673

unobscured1748

valid1854

1652 J. Evelyn State of France Pref. Let. sig. B1 It is..a thing extreamly difficult to be at all times, and in all places thus reserved, and as it were obliged to a Temper so Statick and exact among all conversations.

1668 J. Howe Blessednesse of Righteous i. 3 He..subjoyns some account of himself, in this his closure of the Psalm: As for me, Here he is at his statique point.

1668 J. Howe Blessednesse of Righteous viii. 145 Philosophy and..Christianity, Reason and Faith have that statique power, can so compose the soul.

1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. 888 Our City Companies..still retain the same Laws and Charters, which are the statique Principles or Forms that individuate them, and keep them still the same.

2. Involving or relating to the measurement of weight or the use of a balance; spec. of or relating to the weighing of the body to determine the degree of (supposed) insensible perspiration. Cf. statical adj. 1a. Now historical.Used chiefly with reference to the work of Santorio Santori, whose book De Statica Medicina, first published in 1614, was a collection of aphorisms based on his experiments with a weighing chair (see Sanctorian adj.).static barometer: see Compounds.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [adjective]

statical1570

static1646

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. vii. 196 In the middle of summer,..a man weigheth some pounds lesse then in the heighth of winter, according to..the statick aphorismes of Sanctorius.

1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry ii. 8 Sanctorius, who by his Statick-Chair, found Five Eights of the Nourishment..passes off by insensible Perspiration.

1759 E. Barry Treat. Three Different Digestions vi. 173 That Difference, which is observable between Perspiration, and the other Discharges in the Static Experiments of Sanctorius.

1773 T. Hatton Ess. Gold Coin 22 For the Proportion, say as 19 to 18, so is the Static Weight of the Piece of Metal to its Hydrostatic Weight.

1852 E. J. Tilt Elements Health viii. 366 Sweat is always from some violent cause; and as such—as static experiments demonstrate—it hinders the insensible exhalation of the digested perspirable matter.

1983 D. J. Boorstin Discoverers (1986) xlviii. 371 Santorio himself believed, quite correctly, that he had invented a new branch of medicine, which he called ‘Static Medicine’.

1983 D. J. Boorstin Discoverers (1985) xlviii. 375 The thermometer, the pulsiloge, and Santorio's own static chair were carrying physicians into new unknowns.

3. Medicine. Relating to or affecting the structure of an organ or part of the body, as opposed to its function; structural, anatomical. Cf. statical adj. 4c. Now rare or disused.

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the world > life > the body > structural parts > [adjective]

non-organical1682

static1835

statical1875

1835 N. Amer. Arch. Med. & Surg. Sci. 2 154 We..arrive at a knowledge of those laws of pathological physiology, which are a natural consequence of the conjoint static and dynamic phenomena of the animal economy in health and disease.

1839 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 2) 574/2 Static, an epithet applied to the physical phenomena presented by organized bodies, in contradistinction to the organic or vital.

1855 J. R. Reynolds Diagnosis Dis. Brain ii. ix. 126 Although post mortem examination can reveal no static (anatomical) change, the simple fact of convulsion is proof of dynamic (functional) disease.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 639 We must avoid any confusion between the static results of past peritonitis and the slowly progressive changes of the chronic disease.

1905 Med. Examiner Mar. 147/1 Those early depravations of functions which, if neglected, lead gradually to gross static disease.

4. Of electricity or an electric charge: having gathered on or in an object that does not conduct a current; not flowing as a current; = electrostatic adj. 1. Cf. statical adj. 3.

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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > [adjective] > relating to electricity generated by friction

resinous1734

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triboelectric1917

1838 M. Faraday in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 128 274 I have already ventured a few speculations respecting the probable relation of magnetism..to the divergent or transverse force of the lines of inductive action belonging to static electricity.

1894 Amer. Lancet Feb. 80/2 In gynaecology the static machine furnishes most valuable auxiliary aid to galvanism, and single-handed will conquer a large percentage of woman's troubles.

1923 F. A. Talbot Moving Pictures (rev. ed.) 84 If a celluloid comb be vigorously rubbed for a few seconds, it will become charged with static electricity and will attract small pieces of brown paper.

1973 Gramophone Jan. 1373/2 (advt.) A specially formulated binder reduces static charge and cross-modulation.

2010 Daily Tel. 8 Oct. 25/2 His pan is metal and so will dissipate a static charge and is likely to attract no more dust over time.

a. Relating to or involving forces in equilibrium, or objects at rest; not physically moving, changing, or varying. Opposed to dynamic.

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the world > matter > physics > mechanics > dynamics > statics > [adjective]

statical1625

static1842

the world > matter > physics > mechanics > dynamics > statics > [adjective] > relating to forces in equilibrium

statical1625

static1842

1842 W. R. Grove Correl. Physical Forces 35 Static equilibrium, such..as that which obtains in the two arms of a balance.

1844 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 134 41 I must endeavour to draw a distinct line of demarcation between the static and the dynamic effects.

1886 A. B. W. Kennedy Mech. of Machinery viii. 268 Given that a mechanism is in static equilibrium, and that a certain external force or set of forces is acting upon it, to find what force..is required to balance the given force.

1933 A. W. Barton Text Bk. Heat ix. 195 It should be noticed that the equilibrium between a liquid and its saturated vapour is not static, as it appears to be.

1971 H. Peck Ball & Parallel Roller Bearings i. 35 The static load is defined as a load acting on a non-rotating bearing.

1984 D. Hill Hist. Engin. Classical & Medieval Times (1996) x. 185 When carrying out astro-survey work it is simpler to think of one's station as static and the sun or the stars as moving.

2005 R. E. Newnham Properties of Materials xxii. 243 Piezoresistivity..is commonly used to monitor static or slowly varying stresses and strains.

b. Chiefly Ophthalmology. Of or relating to the resting position or state of the eye; designating this position.

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1867 Western Med. Jrnl. 2 655 Ophthalmoscope discovered nothing abnormal, either in retina, choroid, or refractive media, but simply that the latter were adjusted for static refraction (distance) only, and that dynamic refraction could not be induced by any effort.

1885 Alienist & Neurologist 5 322 Static changes in eye position are only produced by destruction of these nuclei.

1907 L. Howe Muscles Eye I. ii. iii. 199 Most of the tests with double images, especially those for determining the static position of the globe, do not show conclusively..in which eye the difficulty lies.

1981 D. I. McCloskey in Handbk. Physiol. II. ii. xxxi. 1436/1 This argument applies as much to the static position of the eye as it does to movements imposed on it.

2008 G. Clement & M. F. Reschke Neurosci. Space vi. 179 The unloading of the otoliths in microgravity induces an upward deviation in static eye position.

c. Physiology. Of, relating to, or involved in the sensation and maintenance of the body's balance or normal position in space.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [adjective] > of or relating to equilibrium > bringing into or maintaining equilibrium

peisinga1628

balancing1645

equiponderating1691

equilibrating1761

self-righting1851

equilibratory1875

static1875

statical1905

1875 Chicago Jrnl. Nerv. & Mental Dis. 2 445 (title) Breuer, Contribution to our knowledge of the organs of the static sense [Ger. vom statischen Sinne] (the vestibular apparatus of the ear).

1892 Brain 15 296 The influence which the cerebellum normally exercises over the system is a sthenic, tonic, and static, neuro-muscular action.

1921 Psychol. Bull. 18 199 This work is very important, as hitherto most writers have regarded the cerebellum as the central seat of static reflexes.

1958 Nature 10 May 1356/1 I never claimed to have demonstrated a static sense mediated by the halteres.

2006 R. W. A. Linden in O. H. Petersen Human Physiol. (ed. 5) vii. 183/1 The static reflexes, mediated primarily by the utricle and saccule, are important for the maintenance of the upright position of the head and for body posture.

6. Grammar. Chiefly of a verb: expressing a state or condition; = stative adj. 3. Opposed to dynamic.

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > verb > [adjective] > expressing state or condition

static1846

statistical1846

stative1874

statal1924

1846 T. H. Key Lat. Gram. §385. 53 A static verb denotes a state: as es, to be.

1871 B. H. Kennedy Public School Lat. Gram. §127 Many Static Verbs take the cause or motive of the state as an Object, and so become Transitive.

1937 Language 13 59 If we use a static verb of durative meaning, then refers to the particular point of time mentioned, e.g. ‘He was then 15 years old’.

1984 H. Bots in G. A. M. Janssens & F. G. A. M. Aarts Stud. in 17-cent. Eng. Lit., Hist., & Bibliogr. 80 The important fact that Dido is still half alive is principally conveyed by the static adjective ‘haulfquick’.

2010 I. Dicks & S. Dollar Pract. Guide Understanding Ciwayo 37.142 To be untied in Ciwayo is a static verb that shows a state or condition without reference to the agent causing the action.

7. Medicine. Resulting from stasis (stasis n. 1a) of blood, esp. in the venous circulation; = hypostatic adj. 2. Also figurative. Now rare (disused in technical use).

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered pulse or circulation > [adjective] > reduction or stoppage of blood

passive1813

static1849

stagnatory1899

1849 Provinc. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 21 Feb. 103/2 Lungs healthy, presenting evidence of marked static congestion.

1862 Amer. Med. Times 25 Jan. 49/1 All parts were free from static or post-mortem congestions.

1872 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. xliii. 469 The best illustrations of gangrene from obstruction—static gangrene, as it might be called—are seen in strangulated femoral hernia.

1902 Med. Era Jan. 33/2 The right heart becomes dilated, which is followed by the secondary conditions of static congestion of all the organs, and, eventually, edema and dropsy.

1994 M. D. Santiago Cutting Edge v. 342 Privileged speeches, press statements, media interviews..serve only to produce static gangrene on their target audience.

a. Of an immaterial thing: that does not change or progress; fixed, constant, invariable. Also: of, relating to, or designating a fixed or stable condition, as distinguished from a state of progress or change. Cf. statical adj. 4a.Frequently contrasted with dynamic. Often with negative connotations.

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the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [adjective]

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finite1493

resident1525

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fixed1574

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unstrangulable1824

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static1856

flatline1946

1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith iii. §1. 129 Causation may be viewed either as static or dynamic.

1889 J. M. Robertson Ess. Crit. Method 5 It was very natural that the fresh mediaeval intelligence..should..set up the old standards of static criticism.

1897 Amer. Jrnl. Theol. 1 790 Against this static view of the self all of the social sciences have been more or less unconsciously working.

1914 Mind 9 268 Great advances were early made in Geography, the static science which treats of the earth as it is; but geology, the dynamic science of how the earth became what it is, rapidly developed at a much later period.

1942 Jrnl. Amer. Soc. Archit. Historians 2 14 If such failure to recharge should persist through successive generations, civilisations become static.

1973 S. Gottschalk Emergence Christian Sci. ii. 62 A static condition of abstract bliss in which development has forever ceased.

2004 Global Nov. 72/2 Plonking a lion right in the middle of the frame will invariably make the image look static and staged, whereas placing it in the top or bottom third..usually adds a sense of space and balance.

b. Of a material thing (occasionally a person): fixed in place or lacking in movement; not moving or intended to be moved; stationary, immobile.Often in contrast to something of the same type that moves or may be moved.

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the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > not moving

stillc888

unmoving?a1425

quatc1425

stock-still1508

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unstirringa1684

sedate1684

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unwaving1818

immotioned1821

standstill1829

akinetic1841

swayless1856

flutterless1873

static1910

squat1956

the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > remaining in one place

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untransmigrated1821

stabile1896

static1910

sessile1917

1910 Amer. Machinist 17 Nov. 928/1 The balancing spindles for the static fixture..are ground steel arbors.

1944 Billboard 10 June 7/1 The camera..was the most static thing in the picture. When people moved, it did not follow.

1950 F. Rooney Cyclist's Raid in H. Brickell O. Henry Prize Stories (1951) 269 Bleeker hadn't seen him, the many rapid movements on the street making any static object..invisible.

1960 Libr. Assoc. Rec. Aug. 261/2 A library centre is a static service-point.

1986 Times 28 May 38/6 Velodrome and internal arena:..Static seating for 6,000 spectators.

1989 R. Ornstein & P. Ehrlich New World New Mind ii. vii. 164 The French..created a massive system of static defenses known as the Maginot Line.

1999 K. Ray in P. C. Jupp & C. Gittings Death in Eng. i. 15 The Mandan people..replicated in death rituals the traditions associated with their former static earth lodges.

2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 27 Jan. a6/1 Guarding checkpoints..invites attacks by insurgents... ‘You stay static..you'll get hit.’

9. Economics. Of, relating to, or based on an economic system in a state of equilibrium (equilibrium n. Additions); designating such an economic system. Cf. statics n. 1d.

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society > trade and finance > management of money > management of national resources > [adjective] > relating to states or trends of the economy

anti-inflation1870

anti-inflationist1874

robust1886

static1890

recessionary1897

deflationary1920

inflationary1920

maximized1920

mature1928

recessional1929

anti-inflationary1932

reflationary1932

reflationist1932

Kondratieff1935

anti-cyclical1938

flatline1946

maximizing1949

stagnationist1951

countercyclical1952

recessed1956

recessive1971

stagflationary1971

flatlined1986

1890 S. N. Patten Econ. Basis Protection xiv. 144 Free-traders..judge we have almost reached the limit of our progress, and hence our economy should conform to a static ideal.

1895 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 9 127 In a static economy everything runs smoothly because of the harmonious interlocking of the production-periods of the concrete capital goods existing in various stages of completion.

1899 J. B. Clark Distrib. Wealth iii. 31 What a static theory openly and intentionally puts out of sight—namely, changes that alter the mode of production.

1904 J. N. Keynes Scope & Method Polit. Econ. (ed. 3) iv. 147 An economic theory is termed static if it is based on the assumption of..a state in which there occurs no essential modification of the general conditions under which production and consumption, distribution and exchange, are carried on.

1935 J. F. Normano Brazil ii. 53 Considering the momentous world market situation as a permanently static one, Brazil did not understand its dynamic force.

1974 A. S. Campagna Macroecon. iii. 50 Static analysis is concerned with states of equilibrium, and static models inquire into the forces leading to, maintaining, and reestablishing, if necessary, the equilibrium condition.

2002 P. Ghai & A. Gupta Microeconomics vi. 163 In a static economy, the population remains the same and so do their tastes.

10.

a. Of an electric transformer or generator: having no moving parts, stationary.

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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical engineering > generator > [adjective] > non-rotary

static1894

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical engineering > transformer > [adjective] > non-rotary

static1894

1894 Electric Power 6 80/2 The static transformers used for polyphase work being, in all essential particulars, like those with which the public is already familiar, little need be said.

1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 173/1 [In a continuous current transformer] some part of the machine must revolve, whereas in the alternating current transformer all parts are stationary; hence the former is generally called a rotary transformer, and the latter a static transformer.

1999 Isis 90 681 The electrical machine, as static electrical generators were commonly known, appeared virtually everywhere.

2009 P. Gill Electr. Power Equipm. (ed. 2) 755 The increased use of static power converters and power factor capacitors can set up system conditions to cause problems.

b. Computing. Designating a store in which the data are held at fixed positions in the device and remain stored without the need for a continuous power supply.

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society > computing and information technology > hardware > [adjective] > types of memory

static1947

read-only1961

write-once1967

read-mostly1971

bank-switched1974

1947 T. K. Sharpless in Theory & Techniques Design Electronic Digital Computers (Univ. Pennsylvania) II. xvi. 16-1 I am going to cover a number of things, starting off with what we have, for want of a better name, called static memory elements. That doesn't mean an electrostatic memory but means a device which will remember for an indefinite length of time..as opposed to a dynamic type of memory element such as the circulating delay line.

1970 O. Dopping Computers & Data Processing x. 134 A ferrite core memory..is an example of a static memory, while a drum memory..is a dynamic memory in which a particular memory can be read or written only when the continuously rotating drum is at a certain angular position.

1977 J. C. Boyce Digital Computer Fund. viii. 212 The basic building block of the static memory discussed in this section is a 16-pin integrated circuit.

2008 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 19 Nov. The static memory used in a USB memory stick, on the other hand, doesn't need any power to remember the information it's storing.

c. Computing. That cannot be changed while a program or operating system is running; that must be specified, changed, or performed in advance of run time. Cf. dynamic adj. and n. Additions.

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1957 Proc. IRE-AIEE-ACM Western Joint Computer Conf. 43/2 The 60-word block of core storage serves as a static buffer for information transferred between the computer and tape.

1973 Ann. Rev. Automatic Programming 7 103 We call this pointer the static pointer, the pointer to the calling block being the dynamic pointer.

2006 R. Hyde Write Great Code II. viii. 201 Because the lifetime of a static variable matches that of the program, static variables consume memory the entire time the program is running.

11. Military. Distinguished or characterized by the absence of movement on a large scale; used esp. with reference to trench warfare. Now chiefly historical.

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1915 Times 16 Sept. 7/1 This static trench warfare has largely curtailed the activities of the old type of sniper.

1930 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Aug. 675/3 When the War turned ‘static’, it became for the cavalry one long series of hard trials and bitter disappointments.

1942 Life 20 July 79/1 In the vastness of this struggle, there have been few pitched battles on static lines like those which followed the French victory of the Marne.

1992 J. Hamilton-Paterson Seven-tenths i. ii. 34 In World War I when British troops were mired into the static and murderous wastelands of trench warfare, micromaps were devised for the tiny localities which bounded their lives.

12. Phonetics. Of a speech sound: that may be held continuously without changing quality; cf. continuant adj. 2. Also of a tone: that does not change pitch during utterance. Opposed to kinetic. Now rare.

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [adjective] > spirant or continuant

spirant1884

spirantal1893

spirantic1896

spirantizing1896

egressive1902

static1926

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [adjective] > intonation > sameness of pitch

static1926

1926 H. E. Palmer et al. Dict. Eng. Pronunc. p. xxx Five ‘free’ vowels, i.e. more or less static vowels occurring in any position: initially, medially or finally.

1958 R. Kingdon Groundwork Eng. Intonation 4 The Static Tones are the level tones, accompanied by stress, which are used on the words to which it is desired to give prominence in the sentence, but to which no particular feeling is attached.

1985 R. Linggard Electronic Synthesis Speech ii. 24 Closely related to the static vowels are the diphthongs and triphthongs, which may be thought of as dynamic vowels.

2006 P. Larcher in P. G. Borbone et al. Loquentes Linguis 443 The sibilants are continuant or static consonants, for they can be held continuously without changing quality.

Compounds

Special collocations (mostly in sense B. 5).

static ataxia n. [after German statische Ataxie (N. Friedreich 1876, in Archiv f. pathol. Anat. u. Physiol. u. f. klin. Med. 68 172)] Medicine a form of ataxia characterized by the inability to stand still (esp. with the eyes closed or in the dark) without swaying or falling; cf. locomotor ataxia n. at locomotor n. and adj. Compounds.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > palsy or paralysis > ataxia or apraxia

Romberg's symptom1870

static ataxia1877

locomotor ataxy1878

Friedreich1883

Romberg's sign1884

apraxia1888

creeping paralysis1913

1877 Glasgow Med. Jrnl. 9 251 There are the usual symptoms of locomotor ataxia, but in certain cases generally at an advanced stage, there is a condition which he describes as static ataxia.

1932 Practitioners Libr. Med. & Surg. II. xxiii. 809 The Romberg test for static ataxia is carried out by having the patient stand with heels and toes together with open eyes and then with closed eyes.

2010 Cerebellum 9 198 Previous studies have reported cerebellar abnormalities or static ataxia associated with risk for chronic use of alcohol and drugs.

static barometer n. now historical = statical baroscope n. at statical adj. 1a.

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1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 293 About this Time [sc. 1675]..Sir Samuel Moreland publish'd a Piece, containing a Device... This he call'd a statick Barometer.

1882 Nature 20 July 283/2 The static barometer (Magellan) is very similar, except that the balance has arms of equal length, and the tube is balanced by a weight.

1977 N. Goodison Eng. Barometers (ed. 2) 242 J. H. de Magellan, writing in 1779, said that he had seen a static barometer started by Sisson (one of the only two such instruments in Europe at the time).

static characteristic n. a graph showing the relationship between two parameters of a device under static or stable conditions; (Electronics) a graph of the properties of a valve, transistor, etc., measured under steady conditions (strictly at zero frequency and with no load impedance); also static characteristic curve.

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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > [noun] > graphs, functions, equations, etc.

static characteristic1900

Richardson equation1913

time constant1943

step function1946

1900 Electr. World & Engineer 20 Jan. 91/1 We shall first mention the factors which are necessary to determine the static characteristic of the alternator.

1913 Physical Rev. 1 328 The voltage-current curves for voltages that have been applied long enough for equilibrium to become established, i. e., the ‘static characteristics’ of this tube, have been described by S. Marsh.

1975 D. G. Fink Electronics Engineers' Handbk. vii. 39 The performance of a transistor over wide ranges of current and voltage is determined from static characteristic curves.

1990 J. M. Skowroński Nonlinear Liapunov Dynamics i. 3 The static characteristic of the spring relates W through the restoring force to the frame of reference.

2008 I. Grout in D. Ashby et al. Circuit Design x. 320 The static characteristics of the inverter are shown in Figure 10.3.

static cling n. the tendency of certain materials to adhere to one another or to a person's skin when brought into contact or rubbed together, caused by a build-up of static electricity; cf. B. 4.

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1957 Zanesville (Ohio) Signal 14 Feb. 11 b/4 (advt.) Makes Clothes Softer, Fluffier, Easier to Iron—Eliminates Static-Cling.

1978 Pop. Mech. Feb. 76/3 This removes a static-cling film of dirt, thus brightening the picture.

1984 Pop. Photogr. Oct. 100/3 It adheres to windows by static cling, and can be used over and over again.

2009 T. Hamm 365 Ways to live Cheap (2010) 59 Dryer sheets are a great way to reduce static cling and make your clothes smell fresher.

static discharge n. an electrical discharge following an accumulation of static electricity.

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1858 Mechanics' Mag. 31 July 103/2 In proportion as they are so adjusted, so are they liable to be acted upon by the induced static discharge.

1922 Railway Signal Engineer Dec. 487/2 At least some of the lamps were failing, due to static discharges, caused by lightning.

2003 S. Garfinkel et al. Pract. UNIX & Internet Security (ed. 3) viii. 206 If your computer room is too dry, static discharge..may destroy information or damage your computer itself.

static energy n. Physics (now rare) energy which a body or substance possesses by virtue of its position, state, or shape, as opposed to kinetic energy; = potential energy n.

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the world > matter > physics > energy or power of doing work > [noun] > specific types of energy

internal energy1654

positive energy1807

chemical energy1809

energy1852

potential energy1853

atomic energy1854

latent energy1854

static energy1869

free energy1884

rest energy1925

nuclear energy1958

radial energy1959

tangential energy1959

geothermal1960

dark energy1998

quintessence1998

1869 J. J. Murphy Habit & Intelligence I. iii. 33 The energy of [the spring's] motion..has been produced by transforming the static energy that was due to the straining of its elasticity.

1884 Home Culture 584 What is static or potential energy?.. Has the obelisk in Central Park, New York, dynamic or static energy?

1912 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 2 Feb. 312/1 This static energy is once more retransformed into kinetic energy as the heavy mass is set into motion.

1961 Aircraft Performance (U.S. Dept. Air Force Man. 51–9) 3-2/2 Potential energy is defined as static energy, which a substance possesses because of (1) its position, (2) its physical state (distortion), or (3) its chemical state.

static friction n. Mechanics friction that opposes two surfaces at rest relative to each other from being set in relative motion.

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the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [noun] > resistance > friction > specific

internal friction1797

surface friction1834

skin resistance1855

static friction1865

skin friction1869

stiction1946

1865 Mechanics' Mag. 10 Nov. 294/3 It would appear that if adhesion is to be relegated to the domains of friction at all, it must be classed under the head of static friction, or, as it is sometimes termed, the friction of repose.

1922 R. Glazebrook Dict. Appl. Physics I. 389/2 The subject of static friction is of considerable importance in the theory of the stability of engineering structures.

2003 Outside Jan. 29/3 The rules change, however, in the presence of..factors that act to decrease the static friction that holds loose material together.

static HTML n. Computing HTML which is not enhanced by other web technologies (such as a scripting language like Javascript), and so only allows web pages with unchanging content and no interactive capabilities; contrasted with dynamic HTML.

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1995 J. December & M. Ginsburg HTML & CGI Unleashed xxvi. 626 I've postulated that static HTML is dead, and all HTMLs should be generated on the fly by advanced CGI scripts.

2003 B. McCarty Learning Red Hat Linux xii. 236 Tux can serve only static HTML pages.

2010 Mashable (Nexis) 28 Dec. A backup app that allows users to save their blogs so that they can be..hosted as an archive of static HTML files.

static lift n. lift arising from buoyancy in a surrounding medium, rather than from motion through it.

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1911 A. F. Zahm Aërial Navigation Pref. p. vi The density of the air determines the static lift of air ships; the density and speed of impact of the air together determine the dynamic lift and the resistance to progression.

1928 C. F. S. Gamble Story N. Sea Air Station ix. 141 When proceeding at full speed at an inclination of 10 degrees, the dynamic lift may be as much as one-tenth of the total static lift of the airship.

2002 P. Herring Biol. Deep Ocean v. 109 The use of osmotically inert materials with densities even lower than that of pure water provides much greater static lift, with fewer metabolic penalties.

static line n. Parachuting a cord connecting a parachute to the body of an aircraft, serving to open and release it automatically when pulled taut by the movement of the parachutist away from the aircraft.

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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > parachute > [noun] > releasing cord joined to aircraft

static line1925

1925 Raymond Terrace (New S. Wales) Examiner 16 Jan. 4/1 When the parachutist has jumped from the machine, the static line pulls the pack away from the parachute.

1966 M. R. D. Foot SOE in France iv. 78 All a parachutist has to do is to jump through the hole; his parachute is opened automatically by a thin wire called a ‘static line’ which his own weight breaks.

2002 Trav. Afr. Winter 72/2 First timers can choose between a standard static line jump (the chute opens automatically), a tandem jump or an accelerated free fall..course.

static pressure n. the pressure of a fluid on an object when the latter is at rest in it.

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the world > matter > physics > mechanics > dynamics > statics > [noun] > hydrostatics or rheostatics > pressure

static pressure1838

1838 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 128 99 It relates two such dissimilar things, as the ponderous air and the subtil and even hypothetical fluid or fluids of electricity..by the bonds of mere static pressure.

1923 R. Glazebrook Dict. Appl. Physics V. 66/2 The air thus blows tangentially past these holes, and the pressure within the tube is equal to the static pressure of the surrounding air.

1978 J. D. Anderson Introd. Flight iv. 95 Static pressure is a consequence of just the purely random motion of the molecules.

2000 Plumbing Mag. May 28/1 The available pressure (head) from the incoming water mains can be found using a pressure gauge at a discharge point... This pressure should be regarded as a static pressure.

static pressure tube n. Aeronautics and Engineering = static tube n.

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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > controls and instruments > [noun] > pitot tube or pitot-static tube

pitot tube1852

static tube1892

static pressure tube1903

pitot head1910

pressure head1913

pitot1920

pitot-static1920

1903 U.S. Patent 748,159 1/1 1 designates the skin of a vessel, through which project..the pressure tube or scoop 2 and the static pressure-tube 3.

1914 Techn. Rep. Advisory Comm. Aeronaut. 1912–13 59 This pressure-tube anemometer consists of two tubes, a Pitot tube facing the wind and a static pressure-tube along the wind direction.

1948 C. E. Chapel Aircraft Basic Sci. i. 21/1 The center of pressure can be located for each angle of attack by installing parallel rows of static pressure tubes at right angles to the leading edge of a wing flush.

2010 J. Katz Introd. Fluid Mech. iv. 129 The pressure in the stagnation tube is higher than the one measured in the static pressure tube by 10 cm of water.

static RAM n. Computing random-access memory that retains data without having to be periodically refreshed, as long as the power supply is maintained; an instance of this; cf. DRAM n. at D n. Additions.

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1969 Computer Design Aug. 15 (advt.) 32-bit static RAM—the first Random Access Memory directly compatible with TTL, DTL and MOS, expandable in all directions.

1986 W. L. Schweber Integrated Circuits for Computers vii. 186 Static RAMs can also be used with processors that are much slower than the access time of the IC.

2011 L. Weina et al. in Liangzhong Jiang Proc. 2011 Internat. Conf. Informatics I. 238 The two chips are both CMOS-based asynchronous static RAM.

static thrust n. Engineering and Aeronautics thrust exerted by or on a stationary object; spec. the thrust generated by an engine when stationary.

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the world > movement > impelling or driving > [noun] > propulsion > propulsive force > specifically of a stationary engine

static thrust1893

1893 J. H. T. Tudsbery & A. W. Brightmore Princ. Waterworks Engin. vi. 360 In a 15-inch main, the static thrust on a 60°-bend, acting in the direction of its middle radius, is [etc.].

1910 V. E. Johnson Theory & Pract. Model Aeroplaning iv. 50 The propeller, 29 in. in diam. and 36 in. in pitch, gives a static thrust of about 7 lb.

1919 E. R. Matthews Stud. Constr. Dams following Pref. P =..the horizontal static thrust of the water in lbs.

1952 A. Y. Bramble Air-plane Flight x. 153 The problem of providing the essential static thrust for take-off found its solution in the variable-pitch propeller.

1994 A. Basak Permanent-magnet DC Linear Motors (2002) vii. 132 One of the most important parameters of a d.c. linear motor is the static thrust.

2001 Navy News Sept. 9/3 Two Rolls-Royce Avon 208 turbojets each producing 11,230lb static thrust.

static tube n. Engineering and Aeronautics a tube aligned parallel to the flow of a fluid, closed at the end facing the flow, and having holes along its length, so as to register static pressure or speed of flow; spec. one forming part of a pitot-static head.

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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > controls and instruments > [noun] > pitot tube or pitot-static tube

pitot tube1852

static tube1892

static pressure tube1903

pitot head1910

pressure head1913

pitot1920

pitot-static1920

1892 U.S. Patent 481,310 1/2 It is also important that the end of the static tube be closed in order that the static pressure may be accurately indicated.

1941 C. H. Pierce Investig. Methods & Equipm. Stream Gaging I. 69 The static tube appears to be the most satisfactory device for eliminating draw-down at intakes to gage wells.

1965 V. H. Brix tr. A. K. Martynov Pract. Aerodynam. vi. 141 The most widely used instrument for measuring static pressure is the static tube or sonde.

2010 Australian (Nexis) 12 Mar. (Features section) 35 A pneumatic source is hooked up to the pitot and static tubes to fool the aircraft into thinking it is flying.

static universe n. chiefly Astronomy a universe which does not move or change; (in later use) spec. a hypothetical model of the universe (postulated by Albert Einstein) in which it is neither expanding nor contracting.

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1871 S. P. Andrews Primary Synopsis Universol. 173 These Motic Liquids (1, r), likewise put the otherwise Static Universe into Movement, or, as it were, into an Orbital Career.

1889 Chamber's Encycl. IV. 479/1 The static universe of the ancient astronomer passes into that of Copernicus and Kepler, Galileo and Newton, Herschel and Leverrier, dynamic, or more accurately kinetic.

1932 A. Einstein & W. de Sitter in Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 18 213 Historically the term containing the ‘cosmological constant’ λ was introduced into the field equations in order to enable us to account theoretically for the existence of a finite mean density in a static universe.

1981 E. R. Harrison Cosmology xv. 295/1 Static universes are motionless in the cosmic sense: they neither expand nor contract, although the objects they contain may evolved and have peculiar motions.

2001 I. Nicolson in P. Moore 2002 Yearbk. Astron. ii. 259 The cosmological constant, lambda (λ), [was] an extra term which Einstein added to his general relativistic cosmological equations in order to account for a static Universe.

static water n. standing water; spec. (during the Second World War (1939–45)) a store of standing water intended for use as an emergency supply, esp. in fighting fires.

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the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > store of water

water head1850

static water1885

1885 Fayetteville (N. Carolina) Observer 19 Feb. 1/5 The impact of this forcible stream against the static water of the river pushed the boat along.

1914 Evening Tribune (Albert Lea, Minnesota) 4 Mar. 5/4 Soil must be well drained, not less than 5 feet to static water.

1939 Times 5 Oct. 5/4 Water mains—intact, not available, static water on premises (yes, no).

1944 Ourselves in Wartime 108/2 Thousands of static water tanks were established in parks, squares and in the basements of bombed buildings, so that never again would there be a shortage of water through the destruction of the mains by the enemy.

2010 J. Lister-Kaye At Water's Edge viii. 147 Some..insect..has found these egg-cups of static water to be just right for their particular domestic purposes.

Derivatives

ˈstaticness n.

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the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > condition of remaining in one place

fixure1603

stability1625

fixedness1647

lying1683

stationariness1727

fixation1894

staticness1940

1940 Laredo (Texas) Times 22 Nov. 12/3 Oddly enough, there is no effect of rigidity or of staticness; on the contrary, one has rarely seen a more beautiful carriage.

1944 C. L. Wrenn in Trans. Philol. Soc. 1943 37 The very staticness of our spelling often leads to an increased and exaggerated sensitiveness on the part of the philologist to every kind of vagary of orthography.

1987 Performance Sept.–Oct. 20/2 Its anguished staticness contains a strange kind of collective pain.

2011 Sherbrooke (Quebec) Record (Nexis) 19 Aug. 6 A balanced universe would be a static universe. Staticness is lifelessness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	static
释义	staticn.adj. Brit. /ˈstatɪk/, U.S. /ˈstædɪk/ Forms: 1500s staticke, 1500s statike, 1500s–1700s statick, 1600s statique, 1600s– static. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin statica; Latin staticus. Etymology: As noun < post-classical Latin statica art of weighing (1591 or earlier) < ancient Greek στατική art of weighing, use as noun (short for τέχνη στατική static art) of feminine of στατικός , adjective (see below). As adjective < post-classical Latin staticus of or relating to weighing (1514 or earlier) < ancient Greek στατικός causing to stand, skilled in weighing (also attested with various prefixes: see -static comb. form) < -στάτης (only attested in compounds: see -stat comb. form¹) + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare earlier statical adj. Compare French statique (1634 as noun in sense A. 1a; 1721 as adjective designating an Arabic numeral; from mid 19th cent. as adjective in opposition to dynamique ), Italian statica (1745 in sense A. 1a). Compare dynamic adj., kinetic adj. A. n. †1. a. = statics n. 1a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > dynamics > statics > [noun] static1570 staticsa1643 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. biiij Statike, is an Arte Mathematicall, which demonstrateth the causes of heauynes, and lightnes of all thynges: and of motions and properties, to heauynes and lightnes, belonging. 1578 W. Bourne Treasure for Traueilers iv. To Rdr. f.2 The which Art or Science, called Staticke, dooth shewe the heauinesse or lightnesse of any thing. a1582 W. Bourne Treat. Properties of Glasses Ep. Ded., in J. O. Halliwell Rara Mathematica (1839) 33 Youre Honoure had some speeche with mee, as touching measuring the moulde of a shipp. Whiche gave mee occasyon to wryte a litle Boke of Statick. 1653 tr. Math. Recreations (new ed.) (verso title page) With strange experiments in Astronomie, And Navigation, with each severall Picture, In Musick, Opticks, and in Architecture: In Statick, Machanicks, and Chymistrie. 1873 W. K. Clifford Syllabus Lect. in Math. Papers (1882) 516 The science which teaches under what circumstances particular motions take place..is called Dynamic..It is divided into two parts, Static..and Kinetic. 1883 F. G. Fleay Three Lect. Educ. 19 The Science of Static, in which the principle of Virtual Velocities—or, as I would rather call it, the principle of Energetic Moment—is shown to be the condition of equilibrium or rest. b. The metrology of weight. Cf. statical adj. 1d. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > the metrology of weights static1699 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 456 Talent originally is a word of Static [printed Statics, but see Errata], and means LX pound weight of any thing. †2. Supposedly: a person affected with a form of epileptic seizure in which perception and memory are not impaired. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > fit or stroke > epilepsy > types of analepsya1398 static1728 grand mal1833 petit mal1874 pyknolepsy1922 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Staticks, Statici, in Medicine, a kind of Epilepticks, or Persons seiz'd with Epilepsies... The Staticks differ from the Catalepticks, in that, these last have no Sense of external Objects, nor remember any thing that passes at the Time of the Paroxysm. 3. Static electricity. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > [noun] > static electricity Franklinism1883 static1892 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > [adjective] > relating to static electricity latent1789 electrostatic1844 electrostatical1846 heterostatic1867 static1956 1892 C. Thom & W. H. Jones Telegr. Connections 28/2 The neutral relay is the more sensitive to its effects; and to remove the ‘static’ is vital to the successful working of the quadruplex. 1916 ‘B. M. Bower’ Phantom Herd xiv. 233 All that negative I took to-day is chock full of ‘static’. 1956 Planning 22 128 Static elimination is the removal of the harmful electric charges which accumulate on fibres and thin sheets during manufacturing processes. 1979 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 5 May 8/1 The winter smell of the settlement has become that of laundry aids—fluffers and static eradicators. 2008 New Yorker 28 Apr. 54/1 An old baseball cap was pulled down over his pale, dumpling features—his white hair stuck up around it as if charged with static. 4. a. Electrical disturbances producing interference with the reception of telecommunications and broadcasts, typically manifesting as crackling or hissing noises; atmospherics. Cf. noise n. 11a. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > [noun] > signal > interference cross-talk1887 static1905 X1906 statics1912 click1914 jam1914 grinder1922 hash1923 mush1924 echo1928 image1928 radio echo1928 harmonic interference1929 second channel1932 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > signal > [noun] > unwanted part of signal > types of stray1901 atmospherics1905 static1905 pickup1925 ambient noise1926 background1927 ground noise1929 hum1929 Johnson noise1929 microphonic1929 thermal noise1930 parasitic1943 flicker noise1947 overhang1971 1905 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 20 Jan. 211/1 How far our spark interfered with other systems it is beyond my knowledge to speculate... We found one enemy when the rainy season approached. That was the ‘static’ caused by thunder storms. 1913 Wireless World Nov. 508/2 Communication will also be had with New Orleans, which the static formerly prevented. 1928 Sat. Evening Post 12 May 50/3 He had just paid $300 for a new radio and..tried to get Dubuque, but there was much static. 1950 ‘N. Shute’ Town like Alice v. 156 He wanted to see a live broadcast of ‘Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh’ which he listened to on short wave from Brisbane when the static permitted. 2005 Wall St. Jrnl. 7 Dec. (Central ed.) b10/1 The technology eliminates hissing and static. b. slang (originally U.S.). figurative and in allusive use. Someone or something regarded as meaningless, worthless, or as a cause of interference; (hence) harassment, trouble; fuss. Cf. noise n. 11b. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > [noun] > harassment baiting1303 cumbrance1377 persecutiona1382 pursuita1387 aggrievancea1400 vexing?a1425 molestation1435 stroublance1439 inquietation1461 distrouble1483 infestance1490 encumberment1509 molesting1523 vexationa1525 inquieting1527 inquietance1531 molestie1532 infestationc1540 moiling1565 plaguing1566 pesterment1593 commacerating1599 molestance1642 harass1667 harassing1689 harassment1753 aggrievement1778 badgering1785 pesteration1802 bedevilment1844 worrying1848 tail-twisting1887 bloodhounding1891 aggravation1902 static1923 crap1935 hassle1969 monstering1979 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun] winOE torpelness?c1225 disturbance1297 workc1325 disturblingc1330 farec1330 frapec1330 disturbing1340 troublingc1340 blunderc1375 unresta1382 hurling1387 perturbationc1400 turbationc1400 rumblec1405 roara1413 rumourc1425 sturblance1435 troublec1435 stroublance1439 hurlc1440 hurly-burlyc1440 ruffling1440 stourc1440 rumblingc1450 sturbancec1450 unquietness?c1450 conturbationc1470 ruption1483 stir1487 wanrufe?a1505 rangat?a1513 business1514 turmoil1526 blommera1529 blunderinga1529 disturbation1529 bruyllie1535 garboil1543 bruslery1546 agitation1547 frayment1549 turmoiling1550 whirl1552 confusion1555 troublesomeness1561 rule1567 rummage1575 rabble1579 tumult1580 hurlement1585 rabblement1590 disturb1595 welter1596 coil1599 hurly1600 hurry1600 commotion1616 remotion1622 obturbation1623 stirrance1623 tumultuation1631 commoving1647 roiling1647 spudder1650 suffle1650 dissettlement1654 perturbancy1654 fermentationa1661 dissettledness1664 ferment1672 roil1690 hurry-scurry1753 vortex1761 rumpus1768 widdle1789 gilravagea1796 potheration1797 moil1824 festerment1833 burly1835 fidge1886 static1923 comess1944 frammis1946 bassa-bassa1956 1923 Printers' Ink 10 May 13 (advt.) Is there a manufacturer of motor-cars or accessories in the audience who is looking for a fresh viewpoint—whose business is suffering from ‘too much static’? 1925 Collier's 19 Sept. 8/3 He's just so much static to me. 1926 Marine Corps Gaz. Dec. 241 Lay off that sob-stuff, Jim, yer makin' too much static. 1953 W. S. Burroughs Junkie viii. 77 Hell, I love junk... But if I can't use it without I get static all the time from the law, I'll get off junk and stay off. 1969 C. Young Todd Dossier 154 If I notified Security it would just mean a lot of fuss,..where was the requisition, all that static. 1974 L. Deighton Spy Story xvii. 186 Spare me the static... Why didn't you lay it on for me, about working for the goddam Brits? 2007 J. Armstrong et al. Thick of It: Scripts Episode 4. 146 Oh, don't give her any fucking static, just ring her back now. 5. British. A caravan permanently located on a site. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > other types of dwelling > [noun] > caravan cart-house1603 caravan1805 house wagon1833 wagon1851 house trailer1885 caboose1912 mobile home1934 travel trailer1936 trailer home1940 static caravan1947 Dormobile1952 caravette1953 trailer house1954 motor home1961 double-wide1966 static1980 1980 Financial Times 26 Jan. 13/3 United British Caravans..has ‘statics’ in Brittany, Normandy and the Vendée. 1989 Pract. Caravan Sept. 81/2 Our park is fairly limited in terms of availability of pitches—six tourers and 15 statics—and we find many people coming back year after year. 1995 Yorkshire Evening Press 20 May 11/6 (advt.) Mobile caravan repairs services... Damp work, insurance estimates, accessories fitted on tourers/statics. 2003 T. Morton Further North you Go 8 There are hundreds of caravans, statics, mobile homes, trailers, call them what you will, scattered across the rock and bog of the isles. B. adj. †1. a. Relating to the effects of weight or density, or conditions of equilibrium with respect to the distribution of weight; (of a power or principle) tending to bring about such equilibrium; (of experiments) aimed at investigating the effects of weight or density in air (as opposed to water). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > dynamics > statics > [adjective] > relating to forces in equilibrium > of a power or principle of equilibrium static1640 1640 Bp. J. Wilkins Discov. New World (ed. 3) i. xiv. 221 The aire is in some part of it navigable. And that upon this Staticke principle; any brasse or iron vessell (suppose a kettle) whose substance is much heavier than that of the water, yet being filled with the lighter aire, it will..not sinke. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. ii. 105 After a few vibrations up and down (as is Observable in all Statick Experiments) they arrive at a Counterpoise. 1666 J. Beale Let. 28 Apr. in R. Boyle Corr. (2001) III. 158 By mooveing & stirring it with the hand or bowle..we shall see the static lawes observed; the foame, bubbles & lighter parts ascende; & the heavier parts descende. 1726 E. Thomas Poems Several Occasions 158 A Power! uncircumscribed by Fate, Or statick Laws did all create. 1775 E. Barry Observ. Wines Ancients xiii. 391 It is very evident from static experiments, that the whole size and weight of the greatest tree, is owing to water alone. b. figurative. Characterized by stability or equilibrium; (of temperament or disposition) stable, constant. Also: that brings about stability. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > [adjective] > of the mind rightOE wholeOE good1404 sound1531 static1652 spacked1673 unobscured1748 valid1854 1652 J. Evelyn State of France Pref. Let. sig. B1 It is..a thing extreamly difficult to be at all times, and in all places thus reserved, and as it were obliged to a Temper so Statick and exact among all conversations. 1668 J. Howe Blessednesse of Righteous i. 3 He..subjoyns some account of himself, in this his closure of the Psalm: As for me, Here he is at his statique point. 1668 J. Howe Blessednesse of Righteous viii. 145 Philosophy and..Christianity, Reason and Faith have that statique power, can so compose the soul. 1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. 888 Our City Companies..still retain the same Laws and Charters, which are the statique Principles or Forms that individuate them, and keep them still the same. 2. Involving or relating to the measurement of weight or the use of a balance; spec. of or relating to the weighing of the body to determine the degree of (supposed) insensible perspiration. Cf. statical adj. 1a. Now historical.Used chiefly with reference to the work of Santorio Santori, whose book De Statica Medicina, first published in 1614, was a collection of aphorisms based on his experiments with a weighing chair (see Sanctorian adj.).static barometer: see Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [adjective] statical1570 static1646 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. vii. 196 In the middle of summer,..a man weigheth some pounds lesse then in the heighth of winter, according to..the statick aphorismes of Sanctorius. View more context for this quotation 1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry ii. 8 Sanctorius, who by his Statick-Chair, found Five Eights of the Nourishment..passes off by insensible Perspiration. 1759 E. Barry Treat. Three Different Digestions vi. 173 That Difference, which is observable between Perspiration, and the other Discharges in the Static Experiments of Sanctorius. 1773 T. Hatton Ess. Gold Coin 22 For the Proportion, say as 19 to 18, so is the Static Weight of the Piece of Metal to its Hydrostatic Weight. 1852 E. J. Tilt Elements Health viii. 366 Sweat is always from some violent cause; and as such—as static experiments demonstrate—it hinders the insensible exhalation of the digested perspirable matter. 1983 D. J. Boorstin Discoverers (1986) xlviii. 371 Santorio himself believed, quite correctly, that he had invented a new branch of medicine, which he called ‘Static Medicine’. 1983 D. J. Boorstin Discoverers (1985) xlviii. 375 The thermometer, the pulsiloge, and Santorio's own static chair were carrying physicians into new unknowns. 3. Medicine. Relating to or affecting the structure of an organ or part of the body, as opposed to its function; structural, anatomical. Cf. statical adj. 4c. Now rare or disused. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > [adjective] non-organical1682 static1835 statical1875 1835 N. Amer. Arch. Med. & Surg. Sci. 2 154 We..arrive at a knowledge of those laws of pathological physiology, which are a natural consequence of the conjoint static and dynamic phenomena of the animal economy in health and disease. 1839 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 2) 574/2 Static, an epithet applied to the physical phenomena presented by organized bodies, in contradistinction to the organic or vital. 1855 J. R. Reynolds Diagnosis Dis. Brain ii. ix. 126 Although post mortem examination can reveal no static (anatomical) change, the simple fact of convulsion is proof of dynamic (functional) disease. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 639 We must avoid any confusion between the static results of past peritonitis and the slowly progressive changes of the chronic disease. 1905 Med. Examiner Mar. 147/1 Those early depravations of functions which, if neglected, lead gradually to gross static disease. 4. Of electricity or an electric charge: having gathered on or in an object that does not conduct a current; not flowing as a current; = electrostatic adj. 1. Cf. statical adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > [adjective] > relating to electricity generated by friction resinous1734 positive1747 negative1755 statical1829 static1838 triboelectric1917 1838 M. Faraday in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 128 274 I have already ventured a few speculations respecting the probable relation of magnetism..to the divergent or transverse force of the lines of inductive action belonging to static electricity. 1894 Amer. Lancet Feb. 80/2 In gynaecology the static machine furnishes most valuable auxiliary aid to galvanism, and single-handed will conquer a large percentage of woman's troubles. 1923 F. A. Talbot Moving Pictures (rev. ed.) 84 If a celluloid comb be vigorously rubbed for a few seconds, it will become charged with static electricity and will attract small pieces of brown paper. 1973 Gramophone Jan. 1373/2 (advt.) A specially formulated binder reduces static charge and cross-modulation. 2010 Daily Tel. 8 Oct. 25/2 His pan is metal and so will dissipate a static charge and is likely to attract no more dust over time. 5. a. Relating to or involving forces in equilibrium, or objects at rest; not physically moving, changing, or varying. Opposed to dynamic. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > dynamics > statics > [adjective] statical1625 static1842 the world > matter > physics > mechanics > dynamics > statics > [adjective] > relating to forces in equilibrium statical1625 static1842 1842 W. R. Grove Correl. Physical Forces 35 Static equilibrium, such..as that which obtains in the two arms of a balance. 1844 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 134 41 I must endeavour to draw a distinct line of demarcation between the static and the dynamic effects. 1886 A. B. W. Kennedy Mech. of Machinery viii. 268 Given that a mechanism is in static equilibrium, and that a certain external force or set of forces is acting upon it, to find what force..is required to balance the given force. 1933 A. W. Barton Text Bk. Heat ix. 195 It should be noticed that the equilibrium between a liquid and its saturated vapour is not static, as it appears to be. 1971 H. Peck Ball & Parallel Roller Bearings i. 35 The static load is defined as a load acting on a non-rotating bearing. 1984 D. Hill Hist. Engin. Classical & Medieval Times (1996) x. 185 When carrying out astro-survey work it is simpler to think of one's station as static and the sun or the stars as moving. 2005 R. E. Newnham Properties of Materials xxii. 243 Piezoresistivity..is commonly used to monitor static or slowly varying stresses and strains. b. Chiefly Ophthalmology. Of or relating to the resting position or state of the eye; designating this position. ΚΠ 1867 Western Med. Jrnl. 2 655 Ophthalmoscope discovered nothing abnormal, either in retina, choroid, or refractive media, but simply that the latter were adjusted for static refraction (distance) only, and that dynamic refraction could not be induced by any effort. 1885 Alienist & Neurologist 5 322 Static changes in eye position are only produced by destruction of these nuclei. 1907 L. Howe Muscles Eye I. ii. iii. 199 Most of the tests with double images, especially those for determining the static position of the globe, do not show conclusively..in which eye the difficulty lies. 1981 D. I. McCloskey in Handbk. Physiol. II. ii. xxxi. 1436/1 This argument applies as much to the static position of the eye as it does to movements imposed on it. 2008 G. Clement & M. F. Reschke Neurosci. Space vi. 179 The unloading of the otoliths in microgravity induces an upward deviation in static eye position. c. Physiology. Of, relating to, or involved in the sensation and maintenance of the body's balance or normal position in space. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [adjective] > of or relating to equilibrium > bringing into or maintaining equilibrium peisinga1628 balancing1645 equiponderating1691 equilibrating1761 self-righting1851 equilibratory1875 static1875 statical1905 1875 Chicago Jrnl. Nerv. & Mental Dis. 2 445 (title) Breuer, Contribution to our knowledge of the organs of the static sense [Ger. vom statischen Sinne] (the vestibular apparatus of the ear). 1892 Brain 15 296 The influence which the cerebellum normally exercises over the system is a sthenic, tonic, and static, neuro-muscular action. 1921 Psychol. Bull. 18 199 This work is very important, as hitherto most writers have regarded the cerebellum as the central seat of static reflexes. 1958 Nature 10 May 1356/1 I never claimed to have demonstrated a static sense mediated by the halteres. 2006 R. W. A. Linden in O. H. Petersen Human Physiol. (ed. 5) vii. 183/1 The static reflexes, mediated primarily by the utricle and saccule, are important for the maintenance of the upright position of the head and for body posture. 6. Grammar. Chiefly of a verb: expressing a state or condition; = stative adj. 3. Opposed to dynamic. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > verb > [adjective] > expressing state or condition static1846 statistical1846 stative1874 statal1924 1846 T. H. Key Lat. Gram. §385. 53 A static verb denotes a state: as es, to be. 1871 B. H. Kennedy Public School Lat. Gram. §127 Many Static Verbs take the cause or motive of the state as an Object, and so become Transitive. 1937 Language 13 59 If we use a static verb of durative meaning, then refers to the particular point of time mentioned, e.g. ‘He was then 15 years old’. 1984 H. Bots in G. A. M. Janssens & F. G. A. M. Aarts Stud. in 17-cent. Eng. Lit., Hist., & Bibliogr. 80 The important fact that Dido is still half alive is principally conveyed by the static adjective ‘haulfquick’. 2010 I. Dicks & S. Dollar Pract. Guide Understanding Ciwayo 37.142 To be untied in Ciwayo is a static verb that shows a state or condition without reference to the agent causing the action. 7. Medicine. Resulting from stasis (stasis n. 1a) of blood, esp. in the venous circulation; = hypostatic adj. 2. Also figurative. Now rare (disused in technical use). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered pulse or circulation > [adjective] > reduction or stoppage of blood passive1813 static1849 stagnatory1899 1849 Provinc. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 21 Feb. 103/2 Lungs healthy, presenting evidence of marked static congestion. 1862 Amer. Med. Times 25 Jan. 49/1 All parts were free from static or post-mortem congestions. 1872 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. xliii. 469 The best illustrations of gangrene from obstruction—static gangrene, as it might be called—are seen in strangulated femoral hernia. 1902 Med. Era Jan. 33/2 The right heart becomes dilated, which is followed by the secondary conditions of static congestion of all the organs, and, eventually, edema and dropsy. 1994 M. D. Santiago Cutting Edge v. 342 Privileged speeches, press statements, media interviews..serve only to produce static gangrene on their target audience. 8. a. Of an immaterial thing: that does not change or progress; fixed, constant, invariable. Also: of, relating to, or designating a fixed or stable condition, as distinguished from a state of progress or change. Cf. statical adj. 4a.Frequently contrasted with dynamic. Often with negative connotations. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [adjective] truea1225 certain1297 standing1457 surec1475 stable1481 finite1493 resident1525 determinate1526 staid?1541 constantc1550 undiscomfitablea1555 inveterate1563 sound1565 unwanderinga1569 fixed1574 undisturbable1577 wishly1578 unremovable1579 inveterated1597 immoved1599 rigid1610 staple1621 consistent1648 irradicable1728 incoercible1756 hard and fast1822 unstrangulable1824 lockstep1831 statical1853 static1856 flatline1946 1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith iii. §1. 129 Causation may be viewed either as static or dynamic. 1889 J. M. Robertson Ess. Crit. Method 5 It was very natural that the fresh mediaeval intelligence..should..set up the old standards of static criticism. 1897 Amer. Jrnl. Theol. 1 790 Against this static view of the self all of the social sciences have been more or less unconsciously working. 1914 Mind 9 268 Great advances were early made in Geography, the static science which treats of the earth as it is; but geology, the dynamic science of how the earth became what it is, rapidly developed at a much later period. 1942 Jrnl. Amer. Soc. Archit. Historians 2 14 If such failure to recharge should persist through successive generations, civilisations become static. 1973 S. Gottschalk Emergence Christian Sci. ii. 62 A static condition of abstract bliss in which development has forever ceased. 2004 Global Nov. 72/2 Plonking a lion right in the middle of the frame will invariably make the image look static and staged, whereas placing it in the top or bottom third..usually adds a sense of space and balance. b. Of a material thing (occasionally a person): fixed in place or lacking in movement; not moving or intended to be moved; stationary, immobile.Often in contrast to something of the same type that moves or may be moved. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > not moving stillc888 unmoving?a1425 quatc1425 stock-still1508 stony1642 riveting1658 sitfast1669 unstirringa1684 sedate1684 statued1744 unshifting1811 stirless1816 unwaving1818 immotioned1821 standstill1829 akinetic1841 swayless1856 flutterless1873 static1910 squat1956 the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > remaining in one place stablea1400 dormantc1440 standing1469 remanent?a1475 ledger1547 fixed1559 restiff1578 statary1581 permanent1588 consistent1604 stationary1631 fundamental1633 resident1653 sedentary1667 statual1752 loco-restive1796 untransmigrated1821 stabile1896 static1910 sessile1917 1910 Amer. Machinist 17 Nov. 928/1 The balancing spindles for the static fixture..are ground steel arbors. 1944 Billboard 10 June 7/1 The camera..was the most static thing in the picture. When people moved, it did not follow. 1950 F. Rooney Cyclist's Raid in H. Brickell O. Henry Prize Stories (1951) 269 Bleeker hadn't seen him, the many rapid movements on the street making any static object..invisible. 1960 Libr. Assoc. Rec. Aug. 261/2 A library centre is a static service-point. 1986 Times 28 May 38/6 Velodrome and internal arena:..Static seating for 6,000 spectators. 1989 R. Ornstein & P. Ehrlich New World New Mind ii. vii. 164 The French..created a massive system of static defenses known as the Maginot Line. 1999 K. Ray in P. C. Jupp & C. Gittings Death in Eng. i. 15 The Mandan people..replicated in death rituals the traditions associated with their former static earth lodges. 2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 27 Jan. a6/1 Guarding checkpoints..invites attacks by insurgents... ‘You stay static..you'll get hit.’ 9. Economics. Of, relating to, or based on an economic system in a state of equilibrium (equilibrium n. Additions); designating such an economic system. Cf. statics n. 1d. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > management of national resources > [adjective] > relating to states or trends of the economy anti-inflation1870 anti-inflationist1874 robust1886 static1890 recessionary1897 deflationary1920 inflationary1920 maximized1920 mature1928 recessional1929 anti-inflationary1932 reflationary1932 reflationist1932 Kondratieff1935 anti-cyclical1938 flatline1946 maximizing1949 stagnationist1951 countercyclical1952 recessed1956 recessive1971 stagflationary1971 flatlined1986 1890 S. N. Patten Econ. Basis Protection xiv. 144 Free-traders..judge we have almost reached the limit of our progress, and hence our economy should conform to a static ideal. 1895 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 9 127 In a static economy everything runs smoothly because of the harmonious interlocking of the production-periods of the concrete capital goods existing in various stages of completion. 1899 J. B. Clark Distrib. Wealth iii. 31 What a static theory openly and intentionally puts out of sight—namely, changes that alter the mode of production. 1904 J. N. Keynes Scope & Method Polit. Econ. (ed. 3) iv. 147 An economic theory is termed static if it is based on the assumption of..a state in which there occurs no essential modification of the general conditions under which production and consumption, distribution and exchange, are carried on. 1935 J. F. Normano Brazil ii. 53 Considering the momentous world market situation as a permanently static one, Brazil did not understand its dynamic force. 1974 A. S. Campagna Macroecon. iii. 50 Static analysis is concerned with states of equilibrium, and static models inquire into the forces leading to, maintaining, and reestablishing, if necessary, the equilibrium condition. 2002 P. Ghai & A. Gupta Microeconomics vi. 163 In a static economy, the population remains the same and so do their tastes. 10. a. Of an electric transformer or generator: having no moving parts, stationary. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical engineering > generator > [adjective] > non-rotary static1894 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical engineering > transformer > [adjective] > non-rotary static1894 1894 Electric Power 6 80/2 The static transformers used for polyphase work being, in all essential particulars, like those with which the public is already familiar, little need be said. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 173/1 [In a continuous current transformer] some part of the machine must revolve, whereas in the alternating current transformer all parts are stationary; hence the former is generally called a rotary transformer, and the latter a static transformer. 1999 Isis 90 681 The electrical machine, as static electrical generators were commonly known, appeared virtually everywhere. 2009 P. Gill Electr. Power Equipm. (ed. 2) 755 The increased use of static power converters and power factor capacitors can set up system conditions to cause problems. b. Computing. Designating a store in which the data are held at fixed positions in the device and remain stored without the need for a continuous power supply. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > hardware > [adjective] > types of memory static1947 read-only1961 write-once1967 read-mostly1971 bank-switched1974 1947 T. K. Sharpless in Theory & Techniques Design Electronic Digital Computers (Univ. Pennsylvania) II. xvi. 16-1 I am going to cover a number of things, starting off with what we have, for want of a better name, called static memory elements. That doesn't mean an electrostatic memory but means a device which will remember for an indefinite length of time..as opposed to a dynamic type of memory element such as the circulating delay line. 1970 O. Dopping Computers & Data Processing x. 134 A ferrite core memory..is an example of a static memory, while a drum memory..is a dynamic memory in which a particular memory can be read or written only when the continuously rotating drum is at a certain angular position. 1977 J. C. Boyce Digital Computer Fund. viii. 212 The basic building block of the static memory discussed in this section is a 16-pin integrated circuit. 2008 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 19 Nov. The static memory used in a USB memory stick, on the other hand, doesn't need any power to remember the information it's storing. c. Computing. That cannot be changed while a program or operating system is running; that must be specified, changed, or performed in advance of run time. Cf. dynamic adj. and n. Additions. ΚΠ 1957 Proc. IRE-AIEE-ACM Western Joint Computer Conf. 43/2 The 60-word block of core storage serves as a static buffer for information transferred between the computer and tape. 1973 Ann. Rev. Automatic Programming 7 103 We call this pointer the static pointer, the pointer to the calling block being the dynamic pointer. 2006 R. Hyde Write Great Code II. viii. 201 Because the lifetime of a static variable matches that of the program, static variables consume memory the entire time the program is running. 11. Military. Distinguished or characterized by the absence of movement on a large scale; used esp. with reference to trench warfare. Now chiefly historical. ΚΠ 1915 Times 16 Sept. 7/1 This static trench warfare has largely curtailed the activities of the old type of sniper. 1930 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Aug. 675/3 When the War turned ‘static’, it became for the cavalry one long series of hard trials and bitter disappointments. 1942 Life 20 July 79/1 In the vastness of this struggle, there have been few pitched battles on static lines like those which followed the French victory of the Marne. 1992 J. Hamilton-Paterson Seven-tenths i. ii. 34 In World War I when British troops were mired into the static and murderous wastelands of trench warfare, micromaps were devised for the tiny localities which bounded their lives. 12. Phonetics. Of a speech sound: that may be held continuously without changing quality; cf. continuant adj. 2. Also of a tone: that does not change pitch during utterance. Opposed to kinetic. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [adjective] > spirant or continuant spirant1884 spirantal1893 spirantic1896 spirantizing1896 egressive1902 static1926 the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [adjective] > intonation > sameness of pitch static1926 1926 H. E. Palmer et al. Dict. Eng. Pronunc. p. xxx Five ‘free’ vowels, i.e. more or less static vowels occurring in any position: initially, medially or finally. 1958 R. Kingdon Groundwork Eng. Intonation 4 The Static Tones are the level tones, accompanied by stress, which are used on the words to which it is desired to give prominence in the sentence, but to which no particular feeling is attached. 1985 R. Linggard Electronic Synthesis Speech ii. 24 Closely related to the static vowels are the diphthongs and triphthongs, which may be thought of as dynamic vowels. 2006 P. Larcher in P. G. Borbone et al. Loquentes Linguis 443 The sibilants are continuant or static consonants, for they can be held continuously without changing quality. Compounds Special collocations (mostly in sense B. 5). static ataxia n. [after German statische Ataxie (N. Friedreich 1876, in Archiv f. pathol. Anat. u. Physiol. u. f. klin. Med. 68 172)] Medicine a form of ataxia characterized by the inability to stand still (esp. with the eyes closed or in the dark) without swaying or falling; cf. locomotor ataxia n. at locomotor n. and adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > palsy or paralysis > ataxia or apraxia Romberg's symptom1870 static ataxia1877 locomotor ataxy1878 Friedreich1883 Romberg's sign1884 apraxia1888 creeping paralysis1913 1877 Glasgow Med. Jrnl. 9 251 There are the usual symptoms of locomotor ataxia, but in certain cases generally at an advanced stage, there is a condition which he describes as static ataxia. 1932 Practitioners Libr. Med. & Surg. II. xxiii. 809 The Romberg test for static ataxia is carried out by having the patient stand with heels and toes together with open eyes and then with closed eyes. 2010 Cerebellum 9 198 Previous studies have reported cerebellar abnormalities or static ataxia associated with risk for chronic use of alcohol and drugs. static barometer n. now historical = statical baroscope n. at statical adj. 1a. ΚΠ 1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 293 About this Time [sc. 1675]..Sir Samuel Moreland publish'd a Piece, containing a Device... This he call'd a statick Barometer. 1882 Nature 20 July 283/2 The static barometer (Magellan) is very similar, except that the balance has arms of equal length, and the tube is balanced by a weight. 1977 N. Goodison Eng. Barometers (ed. 2) 242 J. H. de Magellan, writing in 1779, said that he had seen a static barometer started by Sisson (one of the only two such instruments in Europe at the time). static characteristic n. a graph showing the relationship between two parameters of a device under static or stable conditions; (Electronics) a graph of the properties of a valve, transistor, etc., measured under steady conditions (strictly at zero frequency and with no load impedance); also static characteristic curve. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > [noun] > graphs, functions, equations, etc. static characteristic1900 Richardson equation1913 time constant1943 step function1946 1900 Electr. World & Engineer 20 Jan. 91/1 We shall first mention the factors which are necessary to determine the static characteristic of the alternator. 1913 Physical Rev. 1 328 The voltage-current curves for voltages that have been applied long enough for equilibrium to become established, i. e., the ‘static characteristics’ of this tube, have been described by S. Marsh. 1975 D. G. Fink Electronics Engineers' Handbk. vii. 39 The performance of a transistor over wide ranges of current and voltage is determined from static characteristic curves. 1990 J. M. Skowroński Nonlinear Liapunov Dynamics i. 3 The static characteristic of the spring relates W through the restoring force to the frame of reference. 2008 I. Grout in D. Ashby et al. Circuit Design x. 320 The static characteristics of the inverter are shown in Figure 10.3. static cling n. the tendency of certain materials to adhere to one another or to a person's skin when brought into contact or rubbed together, caused by a build-up of static electricity; cf. B. 4. ΚΠ 1957 Zanesville (Ohio) Signal 14 Feb. 11 b/4 (advt.) Makes Clothes Softer, Fluffier, Easier to Iron—Eliminates Static-Cling. 1978 Pop. Mech. Feb. 76/3 This removes a static-cling film of dirt, thus brightening the picture. 1984 Pop. Photogr. Oct. 100/3 It adheres to windows by static cling, and can be used over and over again. 2009 T. Hamm 365 Ways to live Cheap (2010) 59 Dryer sheets are a great way to reduce static cling and make your clothes smell fresher. static discharge n. an electrical discharge following an accumulation of static electricity. ΚΠ 1858 Mechanics' Mag. 31 July 103/2 In proportion as they are so adjusted, so are they liable to be acted upon by the induced static discharge. 1922 Railway Signal Engineer Dec. 487/2 At least some of the lamps were failing, due to static discharges, caused by lightning. 2003 S. Garfinkel et al. Pract. UNIX & Internet Security (ed. 3) viii. 206 If your computer room is too dry, static discharge..may destroy information or damage your computer itself. static energy n. Physics (now rare) energy which a body or substance possesses by virtue of its position, state, or shape, as opposed to kinetic energy; = potential energy n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > energy or power of doing work > [noun] > specific types of energy internal energy1654 positive energy1807 chemical energy1809 energy1852 potential energy1853 atomic energy1854 latent energy1854 static energy1869 free energy1884 rest energy1925 nuclear energy1958 radial energy1959 tangential energy1959 geothermal1960 dark energy1998 quintessence1998 1869 J. J. Murphy Habit & Intelligence I. iii. 33 The energy of [the spring's] motion..has been produced by transforming the static energy that was due to the straining of its elasticity. 1884 Home Culture 584 What is static or potential energy?.. Has the obelisk in Central Park, New York, dynamic or static energy? 1912 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 2 Feb. 312/1 This static energy is once more retransformed into kinetic energy as the heavy mass is set into motion. 1961 Aircraft Performance (U.S. Dept. Air Force Man. 51–9) 3-2/2 Potential energy is defined as static energy, which a substance possesses because of (1) its position, (2) its physical state (distortion), or (3) its chemical state. static friction n. Mechanics friction that opposes two surfaces at rest relative to each other from being set in relative motion. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [noun] > resistance > friction > specific internal friction1797 surface friction1834 skin resistance1855 static friction1865 skin friction1869 stiction1946 1865 Mechanics' Mag. 10 Nov. 294/3 It would appear that if adhesion is to be relegated to the domains of friction at all, it must be classed under the head of static friction, or, as it is sometimes termed, the friction of repose. 1922 R. Glazebrook Dict. Appl. Physics I. 389/2 The subject of static friction is of considerable importance in the theory of the stability of engineering structures. 2003 Outside Jan. 29/3 The rules change, however, in the presence of..factors that act to decrease the static friction that holds loose material together. static HTML n. Computing HTML which is not enhanced by other web technologies (such as a scripting language like Javascript), and so only allows web pages with unchanging content and no interactive capabilities; contrasted with dynamic HTML. ΚΠ 1995 J. December & M. Ginsburg HTML & CGI Unleashed xxvi. 626 I've postulated that static HTML is dead, and all HTMLs should be generated on the fly by advanced CGI scripts. 2003 B. McCarty Learning Red Hat Linux xii. 236 Tux can serve only static HTML pages. 2010 Mashable (Nexis) 28 Dec. A backup app that allows users to save their blogs so that they can be..hosted as an archive of static HTML files. static lift n. lift arising from buoyancy in a surrounding medium, rather than from motion through it. ΚΠ 1911 A. F. Zahm Aërial Navigation Pref. p. vi The density of the air determines the static lift of air ships; the density and speed of impact of the air together determine the dynamic lift and the resistance to progression. 1928 C. F. S. Gamble Story N. Sea Air Station ix. 141 When proceeding at full speed at an inclination of 10 degrees, the dynamic lift may be as much as one-tenth of the total static lift of the airship. 2002 P. Herring Biol. Deep Ocean v. 109 The use of osmotically inert materials with densities even lower than that of pure water provides much greater static lift, with fewer metabolic penalties. static line n. Parachuting a cord connecting a parachute to the body of an aircraft, serving to open and release it automatically when pulled taut by the movement of the parachutist away from the aircraft. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > parachute > [noun] > releasing cord joined to aircraft static line1925 1925 Raymond Terrace (New S. Wales) Examiner 16 Jan. 4/1 When the parachutist has jumped from the machine, the static line pulls the pack away from the parachute. 1966 M. R. D. Foot SOE in France iv. 78 All a parachutist has to do is to jump through the hole; his parachute is opened automatically by a thin wire called a ‘static line’ which his own weight breaks. 2002 Trav. Afr. Winter 72/2 First timers can choose between a standard static line jump (the chute opens automatically), a tandem jump or an accelerated free fall..course. static pressure n. the pressure of a fluid on an object when the latter is at rest in it. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > dynamics > statics > [noun] > hydrostatics or rheostatics > pressure static pressure1838 1838 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 128 99 It relates two such dissimilar things, as the ponderous air and the subtil and even hypothetical fluid or fluids of electricity..by the bonds of mere static pressure. 1923 R. Glazebrook Dict. Appl. Physics V. 66/2 The air thus blows tangentially past these holes, and the pressure within the tube is equal to the static pressure of the surrounding air. 1978 J. D. Anderson Introd. Flight iv. 95 Static pressure is a consequence of just the purely random motion of the molecules. 2000 Plumbing Mag. May 28/1 The available pressure (head) from the incoming water mains can be found using a pressure gauge at a discharge point... This pressure should be regarded as a static pressure. static pressure tube n. Aeronautics and Engineering = static tube n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > controls and instruments > [noun] > pitot tube or pitot-static tube pitot tube1852 static tube1892 static pressure tube1903 pitot head1910 pressure head1913 pitot1920 pitot-static1920 1903 U.S. Patent 748,159 1/1 1 designates the skin of a vessel, through which project..the pressure tube or scoop 2 and the static pressure-tube 3. 1914 Techn. Rep. Advisory Comm. Aeronaut. 1912–13 59 This pressure-tube anemometer consists of two tubes, a Pitot tube facing the wind and a static pressure-tube along the wind direction. 1948 C. E. Chapel Aircraft Basic Sci. i. 21/1 The center of pressure can be located for each angle of attack by installing parallel rows of static pressure tubes at right angles to the leading edge of a wing flush. 2010 J. Katz Introd. Fluid Mech. iv. 129 The pressure in the stagnation tube is higher than the one measured in the static pressure tube by 10 cm of water. static RAM n. Computing random-access memory that retains data without having to be periodically refreshed, as long as the power supply is maintained; an instance of this; cf. DRAM n. at D n. Additions. ΚΠ 1969 Computer Design Aug. 15 (advt.) 32-bit static RAM—the first Random Access Memory directly compatible with TTL, DTL and MOS, expandable in all directions. 1986 W. L. Schweber Integrated Circuits for Computers vii. 186 Static RAMs can also be used with processors that are much slower than the access time of the IC. 2011 L. Weina et al. in Liangzhong Jiang Proc. 2011 Internat. Conf. Informatics I. 238 The two chips are both CMOS-based asynchronous static RAM. static thrust n. Engineering and Aeronautics thrust exerted by or on a stationary object; spec. the thrust generated by an engine when stationary. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > [noun] > propulsion > propulsive force > specifically of a stationary engine static thrust1893 1893 J. H. T. Tudsbery & A. W. Brightmore Princ. Waterworks Engin. vi. 360 In a 15-inch main, the static thrust on a 60°-bend, acting in the direction of its middle radius, is [etc.]. 1910 V. E. Johnson Theory & Pract. Model Aeroplaning iv. 50 The propeller, 29 in. in diam. and 36 in. in pitch, gives a static thrust of about 7 lb. 1919 E. R. Matthews Stud. Constr. Dams following Pref. P =..the horizontal static thrust of the water in lbs. 1952 A. Y. Bramble Air-plane Flight x. 153 The problem of providing the essential static thrust for take-off found its solution in the variable-pitch propeller. 1994 A. Basak Permanent-magnet DC Linear Motors (2002) vii. 132 One of the most important parameters of a d.c. linear motor is the static thrust. 2001 Navy News Sept. 9/3 Two Rolls-Royce Avon 208 turbojets each producing 11,230lb static thrust. static tube n. Engineering and Aeronautics a tube aligned parallel to the flow of a fluid, closed at the end facing the flow, and having holes along its length, so as to register static pressure or speed of flow; spec. one forming part of a pitot-static head. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > controls and instruments > [noun] > pitot tube or pitot-static tube pitot tube1852 static tube1892 static pressure tube1903 pitot head1910 pressure head1913 pitot1920 pitot-static1920 1892 U.S. Patent 481,310 1/2 It is also important that the end of the static tube be closed in order that the static pressure may be accurately indicated. 1941 C. H. Pierce Investig. Methods & Equipm. Stream Gaging I. 69 The static tube appears to be the most satisfactory device for eliminating draw-down at intakes to gage wells. 1965 V. H. Brix tr. A. K. Martynov Pract. Aerodynam. vi. 141 The most widely used instrument for measuring static pressure is the static tube or sonde. 2010 Australian (Nexis) 12 Mar. (Features section) 35 A pneumatic source is hooked up to the pitot and static tubes to fool the aircraft into thinking it is flying. static universe n. chiefly Astronomy a universe which does not move or change; (in later use) spec. a hypothetical model of the universe (postulated by Albert Einstein) in which it is neither expanding nor contracting. ΚΠ 1871 S. P. Andrews Primary Synopsis Universol. 173 These Motic Liquids (1, r), likewise put the otherwise Static Universe into Movement, or, as it were, into an Orbital Career. 1889 Chamber's Encycl. IV. 479/1 The static universe of the ancient astronomer passes into that of Copernicus and Kepler, Galileo and Newton, Herschel and Leverrier, dynamic, or more accurately kinetic. 1932 A. Einstein & W. de Sitter in Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 18 213 Historically the term containing the ‘cosmological constant’ λ was introduced into the field equations in order to enable us to account theoretically for the existence of a finite mean density in a static universe. 1981 E. R. Harrison Cosmology xv. 295/1 Static universes are motionless in the cosmic sense: they neither expand nor contract, although the objects they contain may evolved and have peculiar motions. 2001 I. Nicolson in P. Moore 2002 Yearbk. Astron. ii. 259 The cosmological constant, lambda (λ), [was] an extra term which Einstein added to his general relativistic cosmological equations in order to account for a static Universe. static water n. standing water; spec. (during the Second World War (1939–45)) a store of standing water intended for use as an emergency supply, esp. in fighting fires. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > store of water water head1850 static water1885 1885 Fayetteville (N. Carolina) Observer 19 Feb. 1/5 The impact of this forcible stream against the static water of the river pushed the boat along. 1914 Evening Tribune (Albert Lea, Minnesota) 4 Mar. 5/4 Soil must be well drained, not less than 5 feet to static water. 1939 Times 5 Oct. 5/4 Water mains—intact, not available, static water on premises (yes, no). 1944 Ourselves in Wartime 108/2 Thousands of static water tanks were established in parks, squares and in the basements of bombed buildings, so that never again would there be a shortage of water through the destruction of the mains by the enemy. 2010 J. Lister-Kaye At Water's Edge viii. 147 Some..insect..has found these egg-cups of static water to be just right for their particular domestic purposes. Derivatives ˈstaticness n. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > condition of remaining in one place fixure1603 stability1625 fixedness1647 lying1683 stationariness1727 fixation1894 staticness1940 1940 Laredo (Texas) Times 22 Nov. 12/3 Oddly enough, there is no effect of rigidity or of staticness; on the contrary, one has rarely seen a more beautiful carriage. 1944 C. L. Wrenn in Trans. Philol. Soc. 1943 37 The very staticness of our spelling often leads to an increased and exaggerated sensitiveness on the part of the philologist to every kind of vagary of orthography. 1987 Performance Sept.–Oct. 20/2 Its anguished staticness contains a strange kind of collective pain. 2011 Sherbrooke (Quebec) Record (Nexis) 19 Aug. 6 A balanced universe would be a static universe. Staticness is lifelessness. 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