Static Meaning
/ˈstæt.ɪk/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjUnchanging; that cannot or does not change.
adjMaking no progress; stalled, without movement or advancement.
Sentence Examples
The population of this town has been static for the last ten years.
House prices have remained static for several months.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The car remained ____ in the traffic jam for over an hour.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The older radio began to produce a lot of ____ when it was placed near the electronic kitchen appliances.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek στᾰτῐκός (stătĭkós)der. Latin staticusder. English static Modern Latin staticus, from Ancient Greek στατικός (statikós), from ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to make stand”). By surface analysis, stasis + -tic.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"It's important to know that the Earth's crust is in no manner a stable and static place."
— 2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition:
"England were ponderous with ball in hand, their runners static when taking the ball and their lines obvious, while their front row struggled badly in the scrum."
— 2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, in BBC Sport:
"A further advantage of static type checking is of course computational efficiency, since run time checks are no longer necessary."
— 1980, R. Barbuti, A. Martelli, “Static Type Checking for Languages with Parametric Types and Polymorphic Procedures”, in Proceedings of the Fourth ‘Colloque Internationale sur la Programmation’:
"A static variable is one whose storage remains allocated for the duration of the entire program. All global variables are static variables."
— 1998, Nell B. Dale, Chip Weems, Mark R. Headington, chapter 8, in Programming and Problem Solving with C++:
"Despite the term, a static website doesn’t mean one that never changes. Static refers to the fact that the site’s assets—HTML files, graphics, and other downloadable content such as PDF files—are just static files sitting in an S3 bucket."
— 2019, Ben Piper, David Clinton, chapter 12, in AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Study Guide with Online Labs:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The car remained ____ in the traffic jam for over an hour.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The older radio began to produce a lot of ____ when it was placed near the electronic kitchen appliances.