static

About 16.12 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Unchanging; that cannot or does not change.
2. adjective Making no progress; stalled, without movement or advancement.
3. adjective Immobile; fixed in place; having no motion.
4. adjective Computed, created, or allocated before the program starts running, as opposed to at runtime.
5. adjective Defined for the class itself, as opposed to instances of it; thus shared between all instances and accessible even without an instance.
6. noun Interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television.

   The World Series was on, but there was so much static that we could barely even follow the action.

7. noun Interference or obstruction from people.

   I was getting a lot of static from the bean counters whenever I tried to proceed.

8. noun Verbal abuse.

   Don't you be giving me any static over it. You know the rules.

Similar words

unchanging unchangeable nonmoving still unmoving motionless inactive adynamic undynamic atmospherics

Often followed by

and pressure void or electricity equilibrium analysis final in

Word family

statical statically staticky statics