Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Static \Stat"ic\, Statical \Stat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ? causing to
stand, skilled in weighing, fr. ? 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.
2. Pertaining to bodies at rest or in equilibrium.
{Statical electricity}. See Note under {Electricity}, 1.
{Statical moment}. See under {Moment}.
Source : WordNet®
static
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"
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}]