static

adjective

• 1lacking in movement, action, or change, especially in an undesirable or uninteresting way:demand has grown in what was a fairly static market the whole ballet appeared too static
• Computing (of a process or variable) not able to be changed during a set period, for example while a program is running.

• 2 Physics concerned with bodies at rest or forces in equilibrium. Often contrasted with dynamic.
• acting as weight but not moving.
• relating to statics.

• 3(of an electric charge) having gathered on or in an object that cannot conduct a current: the film is vulnerable to the collection of static charges

• 4 Computing (of a memory or store) not needing to be periodically refreshed by an applied voltage.

noun

• crackling or hissing noises on a telephone, radio, or other telecommunication system: the phone was full of static that sounded distant
• short for static electricity.she felt the tingle of static from the cat’s fur
• North American informal angry or critical talk or behaviour:the reception was going sour, breaking up into static