Meaning

6 senses
  1. (uncountable)Interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television.

    Near-synonyms: shash, snow

    The World Series was on, but there was so much static that we could barely even follow the action.

    Schnee

    поме́хиpoméxi

  2. (broadly, figuratively, uncountable)Interference or obstruction from people.

    I was getting a lot of static from the bean counters whenever I tried to proceed.

  3. (US, slang, uncountable)Verbal abuse.

    Near-synonym: flak

    Don't you be giving me any static over it. You know the rules.

  4. (uncountable)Static electricity.

    This stupid carpet is always giving me a shock from the static.

  5. (countable)A static caravan.

  6. (countable)A static variable.

More definitions
  • angry criticism
  • a crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference

Examples

18 sentences
  1. The population of this town has been static for the last ten years.

    deDie Einwohnerzahl dieser Stadt ist in den letzten zehn Jahren konstant geblieben.

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  2. What causes static electricity?

    ruКак образуется статическое электричество?

    deWodurch kommt es zu statischer Aufladung?

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  3. Ancient Greeks knew about static electricity.

    Стародавні греки знали про статичну електрику.

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  4. Ziri started hearing the sound of static.

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  5. House prices have remained static for several months.

    deDie Immobilienpreise stagnieren seit mehreren Monaten.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
Interference on a broadcast signal:
Deutsch
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Interference on a broadcast signal:

Origin

Modern Latin staticus, from Ancient Greek στατικός (statikós), from ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to m

Modern Latin staticus, from Ancient Greek στατικός (statikós), from ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to make stand”). By surface analysis, stasis + -tic.

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Forms

plural: statics
Singularstatic
Pluralstatics

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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