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static
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[ adjective ] not active or moving
Synonyms Examples "a static village community and a completely undynamic type of agriculture" "static feudal societies" Used in print (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)Three seconds flat is the usual time , and the space is crossed by moderate mileage , while the overwhelming immensity of such journeys must be conceived as a static pulsation through an enormous number of coexistent frequencies which perpetuate all events . (Jay C. Harris and John R. Van Wazer, "Detergent...)In an essentially static system , an oil cannot be replaced by water on a surface unless the interfacial_tensions of the water phase are reduced by a surface-active_agent . (LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)Thus , an enemy would probably use this weapon for attack on static population centers such_as large cities . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] not in physical motion
Synonyms Examples "the inertia of an object at rest" Used in print (Morton A. Kaplan and Nicholas de B. Katzenbach,...)Contract - conceived as the free bargain of formal equals - replaced the implied obligations of a more static and status conscious society . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] showing little if any change
Synonyms Examples "a static population" Related terms |
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[ noun ] angry criticism
Examples "they will probably give you a lot of static about your editorial" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (electricity) concerned with or producing or caused by static electricity
Synonyms Examples "an electrostatic generator produces high-voltage static electricity" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (telecommunications) a crackling or hissing noise cause by electrical interference
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