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Word: Static
Speech Type: Adjective
late 16th century (denoting the science of weight and its effects): via modern Latin from Greek statikē (tekhnē) ‘science of weighing’; the adjective from modern Latin staticus, from Greek statikos ‘causing to stand’, from the verb histanai. Sense 1 of the adjective dates from the mid 19th century
ˈstatɪk
lacking in movement, action, or change, especially in an undesirable or uninteresting way
Short Definition:lacking in movement
Examples:- demand has grown in what was a fairly static market
- the whole ballet appeared too static
concerned with bodies at rest or forces in equilibrium.
Short Definition:concerned with bodies at rest or forces in equilibrium
(of an electric charge) having gathered on or in an object that cannot conduct a current
Short Definition:(of electric charge) having gathered on or in object that cannot conduct current
Examples:- the film is vulnerable to the collection of static charges
(of a memory or store) not needing to be periodically refreshed by an applied voltage.
Short Definition:(of memory or store) not needing to be periodically refreshed by applied voltage
Word: Static
Speech Type: Noun
ˈstatɪk
crackling or hissing noises on a telephone, radio, or other telecommunication system
Short Definition:crackling or hissing noises on telephone, radio, or other telecommunication system
Examples:- the phone was full of static that sounded distant
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