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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Static \Stat"ic\ (st[a^]t"[i^]k), Statical \Stat"ic*al\
(-[i^]*kal), a. [Gr. statiko`s causing to stand, skilled in
weighing, fr. 'ista`nai to cause to stand: cf. F. statique.
See Stand, and cf. Stage.]
1. Resting; acting by mere weight without motion; as,
statical pressure; static objects.
[1913 Webster]

2. Pertaining to bodies at rest or in equilibrium.
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Static electricity, Statical electricity. See the Note
under Electricity, 1.

Statical moment. See under Moment.
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WordNet Static
adj 1: not active or moving; "a static village community and a
completely undynamic type of agriculture"; "static
feudal societies" [syn: unchanging]
2: not in physical motion; "the inertia of an object at rest"
[syn: inactive, motionless, still]
3: concerned with or producing or caused by static electricity;
"an electrostatic generator produces high-voltage static
electricity" [syn: electrostatic]
4: showing little if any change; "a static population" [syn: stable,
unchanging]
n 1: a crackling or hissing noise cause by electrical
interference [syn: atmospherics, atmospheric static]
2: angry criticism; "they will probably give you a lot of
static about your editorial"

Moby Dictionary
Babel , abeyant , abiding , apathetic , at a standstill , at anchor ,
atmospherics , battery-powered , bedlam , biostatic , birdies , blaring ,
blasting , blind spot , blooping , blurping , cacophony , capacity ,
cataleptic , catatonic , changeless , character , confusion of tongues ,
constant , contemplative , continuing , crawling , creeping , dead ,
dead-still , difficulties , difficulty , distortion , do-nothing ,
dopey , dormant , drift , dull , durable , dynamoelectric , electric ,
electric-powered , electrified , electrifying , electrochemical ,
electrodynamic , electrokinetic , electromechanical , electrometric ,
electromotive , electropneumatic , electrostatic , electrothermal ,
enduring , fade-out , fading , feedback , firm , fixed , flak , flat ,
flutter , fluttering , footing , foul , frozen , galvanic ,
galvanometric , geostatic , groggy , heavy , hell , hissing , howling ,
hum , hydroelectric , idle , immobile , immotive , immovable , immutable ,
in abeyance , in suspense , inactive , inert , intact , interference ,
invariable , inviolate , laissez-aller , laissez-faire , languid ,
languorous , lasting , latent , leaden , lifeless , location , locus ,
logy , meditative , motionless , motorboating , moveless , neuter ,
neutral , noise , out of commission , pandemonium , paralytic ,
paralyzed , passive , permanent , perpetual , persistent , phlegmatic ,
photoelectric , piezoelectric , place , point , position , problems ,
procrastinating , quiescent , quietist , quietistic , racket , rank ,
reception , remaining , riding at anchor , rigid , rumble , scratching ,
sedentary , shredding , site , situation , slack , sleeping , sluggish ,
slumbering , smoldering , solid , spot , squeals , stabile , stable ,
stagnant , stagnating , standing , standpat , state , station ,
stationary , statuelike , staying , steadfast , steady , sticky , still ,
stock-still , stopped , stuck , suspended , sustained , tame , torpid ,
trouble , unactive , unaltered , unaroused , unchangeable , unchanged ,
unchanging , unchecked , undestroyed , unemployed , unfading ,
unfailing , unmoved , unmoving , unshifting , unvaried , unvarying ,
vegetable , vegetative , voltaic , where , whistles , woomping , wow ,
wowwows