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static British & World English

lacking in movement, action, or change, especially in an undesirable or uninteresting way

-static in -stasis British & World English

in corresponding adjectives

anti-static British & World English

preventing the build-up of static electricity or reducing its effects

static line British & World English

a length of cord used instead of a rip cord for opening a parachute, attached at one end to the aircraft and temporarily snapped to the parachute at the other

static cling British & World English

the adhering of a garment to the wearer’s body or to another garment, caused by a build-up of static electricity

static pressure British & World English

the pressure of a fluid on a body when the latter is at rest relative to it

static electricity British & World English

a stationary electric charge, typically produced by friction, which causes sparks or crackling or the attraction of dust or hair

pitot-static tube in pitot tube (also pitot) British & World English

a device consisting of a pitot tube inside or adjacent to a parallel tube closed at the end but with holes along its length, the pressure difference between them being a measure of the relative velocity of the fluid, or the airspeed of an aircraft