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" In the 'Nude Descending a Staircase,' I wanted to create a static image of movement: movement is an abstraction, a deduction articulated within the painting, without our knowing if a real person is or isn't descending an equally real staircase."
Marcel Duchamp

Meaning of "static" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD STATIC

From New Latin staticus, from Greek statikos causing to stand, from histanai to stand, put on the scales.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF STATIC

ˈstætɪk


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STATIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Static can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES STATIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Static

Static has several meanings: ▪ Static electricity, a net charge of an object ▪ The Triboelectric effect, e.g. from shoes rubbing carpet ▪ White noise, a random signal with a flat power spectral density ▪ Noise, the random black-and-white image produced by televisions attempting ▪ Statics, a branch of physics concerned with physical systems in equilibrium ▪ Fluid statics, the science of fluids at rest ▪ Static pressure, a concept in aircraft instrumentation and fluid dynamics ▪ Static port, a proprietary sensor used on aircraft to measure static pressure ▪ Static spacetime, a spacetime having a global, non-vanishing, timelike Killing vector field which is irrotational ▪ Static, Kentucky...

Definition of static in the English dictionary

The first definition of static in the dictionary is not active or moving; stationary. Other definition of static is acting but causing no movement. Static is also relating to or causing stationary electric charges; electrostatic.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STATIC

antistatic · astatic · bacteriostatic · cholestatic · cytostatic · ecstatic · electrostatic · epistatic · eustatic · haemostatic · hemostatic · homeostatic · hydrostatic · hypostatic · isostatic · magnetostatic · metastatic · orthostatic · prostatic · thermostatic

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STATIC

statewide · static electricity · static line · static tube · statical · statically · statice · staticky · statics · statim · statin · station · station break · station church · station days · station house · station manager · station officer · station wagon · stational

WORDS THAT END LIKE STATIC

aerostatic · apostatic · atelectatic · automatic · biostatic · cryostatic · diastatic · ectatic · enhypostatic · fungistatic · geostatic · gyrostatic · homoeostatic · hyperstatic · lithostatic · nonstatic · protatic · pyrostatic · rheostatic · siderostatic · telangiectatic

Synonyms and antonyms of static in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «STATIC»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «static» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «static» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF STATIC

Find out the translation of static to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of static from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «static» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

静止的
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

estático
570 millions of speakers
en

English

static
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

स्थिर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ثابت
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

статическое
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

estático
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

স্থির
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

stable
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Statik
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

konstant
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

ほとんど変化しない
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

변화가 없는
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Statis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tĩnh
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

நிலையான
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

स्थिर
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

statik
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

statico
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

statyczne
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

статичне
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

static
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

στατικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

statiese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

statisk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

statiske
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of static

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STATIC»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of static
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «static».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about static

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «STATIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word static.
1
Mamata Banerjee
Change is a continuous process. You cannot assess it with the static yardstick of a limited time frame. When a seed is sown into the ground, you cannot immediately see the plant. You have to be patient. With time, it grows into a large tree. And then the flowers bloom, and only then can the fruits be plucked.
2
Susanne Bier
For me, grief is a static thing, and my movies have an extremely dynamic sort of movement.
3
Samuel Butler
Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.
4
Richard E. Byrd
A static hero is a public liability. Progress grows out of motion.
5
Alexander Calder
Why must art be static? You look at an abstraction, sculptured or painted, an entirely exciting arrangement of planes, spheres, nuclei, entirely without meaning. It would be perfect, but it is always still. The next step in sculpture is motion.
6
Marcel Duchamp
In the 'Nude Descending a Staircase,' I wanted to create a static image of movement: movement is an abstraction, a deduction articulated within the painting, without our knowing if a real person is or isn't descending an equally real staircase.
7
Anne Enright
In more static societies, like Ireland, you can tell where a person is from by their surname, or where their grandparents are from.
8
John Fowles
In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In physical terms, I move through them; yet in metaphysical ones, they seem to move through me.
9
Murray Gell-Mann
But when researchers at Bell Labs discovered that static tends to come from particular places in the sky, the whole field of radio astronomy opened up.
10
Michael Heizer
I make static art, not dynamic art. That's what I do.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STATIC»

Discover the use of static in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to static and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Static Timing Analysis for Nanometer Designs: A Practical ...
This book addresses CMOS logic gates, cell library, timing arcs, waveform slew, cell capacitance, timing modeling, interconnect parasitics and coupling, pre- and post-layout interconnect modeling, delay calculation, specification of timing ...
J. Bhasker, Rakesh Chadha, 2009
2
Static and Dynamic Neural Networks: From Fundamentals to ...
Pedagogically sound and clearly written, this text discusses: Neuronal morphology and neuro-computational systems Threshold logic, adaptation, and learning Static neural networks–MFNNs, XOR Neural Networks, and Backpropagation Algorithms ...
Madan Gupta, Liang Jin, Noriyasu Homma, 2004
3
Secure Programming with Static Analysis
This book is for everyone concerned with building more secure software: developers, security engineers, analysts, and testers.
Brian Chess, Jacob West, 2007
4
Automated static perimetry
You'll learn to make the best clinical use of new techniques with detailed instructions, as well as learn new methods of analysis for progression. * Includes new printouts and illustrations showing the latest field tests and analyses * ...
Douglas R. Anderson, Vincent Michael Patella, 1999
5
Optimal Control Theory and Static Optimization in Economics
This book is designed to make the difficult subject of optimal control theory easily accessible to economists while at the same time maintaining rigor.
Daniel Léonard, 1992
6
Static
In his latest book, STATIC, the poet unleashes a new collection of poems that embodies an intangible network of art in its own spectrum based on true authenticity, Scott's writing- a welcomed model to poetry.
Edward Scott, 2012
7
Power System Protection: Static Relays
The book is a thoroughly revised and updated second edition of a successful text. It incorporates the latest developments in semiconductor technology and its applications to power system protection.
T. S. Madhava Rao, 1989
8
Static Corrections for Seismic Reflection Surveys
This reference manual is designed to enable more geophysicists to appreciate static corrections, especially their limitations, their relationship with near-surface geology, and their impact on the quality of final interpreted sections.
Michael J. G. Cox, Eugene F. Scherrer, Roland Chen, 1999
9
Static Headspace-Gas Chromatography: Theory and Practice
The Second Edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect the most recent developments and practices, and also includes coverage of solid-phase microextraction (SPME) and the purge-and-trap technique.
Bruno Kolb, Leslie S. Ettre, 2006
10
Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People ...
Static breaks the sound barrier to present the voices of dissidents, activists, and others who are often frozen out of official debate. Read Static. Become informed. Fight back. Defend democracy.
Amy Goodman, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STATIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term static is used in the context of the following news items.
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India men rise to 8, women static at 13th in new FIH rankings
New Delhi: India climbed up a rung to occupy the eighth spot in the men's section, while the eves remained static at 13th position in the latest International ... «IBNLive, Jul 15»
2
Static Electricity Suspected Cause of Sikeston Fire
SIKESTON, Mo. (AP) - Static electricity is the suspected cause of a fire that that caused significant damage at a southeast Missouri oil distributor company. «WSIL TV, Jul 15»
3
Facebook Open Sources Infer, a Static Analysis Tool
Facebook has open sourced Infer, a static analysis tool for C, Java and Objective-C. Facebook Infer is a static analyzer that runs incrementally on code submitted ... «InfoQ.com, Jun 15»
4
Jaden Smith Confirmed As Static Shock By Tyler James Williams
Two people in the background can be heard shouting to him "Static Shock" and "Spider-Man." Those suggestions elicit an interesting response from Williams. «Comicbook.com, May 15»
5
Fire marshal: 'Static discharge' caused Jenkins Township plant fire
A fire that tore through a manufacturing plant in Jenkins Township on Wednesday was caused by an accidental static discharge, a state police fire marshal has ... «Citizens Voice, May 15»
6
Wayne Static's Death -- Static X Frontman Killed by Overdose on …
0314-wayne-static-facebook Wayne Static, frontman for the metal group Static X, OD'd on a mixture of alcohol and a bunch of drugs ... including Oxycodone. «TMZ.com, Mar 15»
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Wayne Static Cause of Death Revealed to Be Mix of Alcohol and …
The coroner's report is in and the cause of death in Static-X frontman Wayne ... His wife stated that just prior to going to bed, Static crushed one-half of a 30 mg ... «Loudwire, Mar 15»
8
Hudlin & Cowan on Why a Live-Action "Static Shock" is "More Timely …
Back in October a live-action "Static Shock" series was announced as part of the initial lineup of programming for Warner Bros.' new short-form digital division, ... «Comic Book Resources, Jan 15»
9
3M sells static control business to California firm
3M Co. sold its static control business, which generates about $45 million in annual sales, to Desco Industries Inc. of Chino, Calif., the firms said Monday. «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Dec 14»
10
There's A Mysterious Field Of Electrical Energy Outside Google's …
Multiple people have reported being zapped by a field of static electricity outside the building, and they have started videoing it to prove the weird phenomenon ... «Business Insider, Nov 14»
REFERENCE
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