static

Definitions

General English

  • noun electrical

    interference

    in the air

    which

    disturbs a radio signal

General Science

  • adjective not changing, moving or growing

Computing

  • adjective used to describe

    data

    that does not change with time
  • adjective used to describe a system that is not dynamic

Electronics

  • Having no motion,

    activity

    , change, or the like. For example, that which is fixed, set, at rest, or idle.
  • Pertaining to

    static electricity

    .
  • Unwanted and distracting random noises, such as hissing and crackling, which affect the quality of a received

    radio signal

    . Said especially of such noise resulting from

    spherics

    .
  • Any

    disturbance

    , such as crackling heard from a

    speaker

    or specks seen on a

    TV screen

    , which is a result of random

    radio noise

    .

Media Studies

  • adjective referring to a medium in art which does not involve

    drama

    and movement, such as

    sculpture

    ,

    photography

    or

    painting

    .
  • adjective relating to or caused by electrical

    interference

    in a radio or television broadcast
  • noun electrical

    interference

    in a radio or television broadcast, causing a crackling noise or disruption of a

    picture

Military

  • adjective not moving, in a fixed position

Slang

  • noun criticism or hostile interference. A respectable slang term inspired by the standard sense of an electrical disturbance or interference. The suggestion is typically of opposition from various quarters that threatens to frustrate a scheme.

Origin & History of “static”

Static means etymologically ‘causing to stand’. Its ultimate

ancestor

is Greek statós ‘placed, standing’, a derivative of the base *sta- ‘stand’ (to

which

English

stand is related).

from

this

was derived statikós ‘causing to stand’, which passed into English via Latin staticus.
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