static

static
    adj 1: not in physical motion; "the inertia of an object at
           rest" [syn: {inactive}, {motionless}, {static}, {still}]
    2: concerned with or producing or caused by static electricity;
       "an electrostatic generator produces high-voltage static
       electricity" [syn: {electrostatic}, {static}]
    3: showing little if any change; "a static population" [syn:
       {static}, {stable}, {unchanging}]
    n 1: a crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical
         interference [syn: {static}, {atmospherics}, {atmospheric
         static}]
    2: angry criticism; "they will probably give you a lot of static
       about your editorial"
    

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.
      [1913 Webster]

   {Static electricity}, {Statical electricity}. See the Note
      under {Electricity}, 1.

   {Statical moment}. See under {Moment}.
      [1913 Webster]
    

static

   <programming> {static typing}, {static variable}.

   <storage> {static random-access memory}.

   <World-Wide Web> {static content}.

   <theory, programming> {static analysis}.
    

193 Moby Thesaurus words for "static":
      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