static

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

static [static statics] adjective, noun BrE [ˈstætɪk] NAmE [ˈstætɪk]
adjective
1. not moving, changing or developing
•The balance sheet provides a static picture of the financial position at a point in time.
•Prices on the stock market, which have been static, are now rising again.
•a static population level
2. (physics) (of a force)acting as a weight but not producing movement
•static pressure
Opp: ↑dynamic

Word Origin:
late 16th cent. (denoting the science of weight and its effects): via modern Latin from Greek statikē (tekhnē) ‘science of weighing’; the adjective from modern Latin staticus, from Greek statikos ‘causing to stand’, from the verb histanai. Sense 1 of the adjective dates from the mid 19th cent.

Example Bank:
•The population remained more or less static.
•Customers will not return to a website if the information is static.
•Sales were up 5% on last year, but pre-tax profits remained static.

 
noun uncountable
1. noise or other effects that disturb radio or television signals and are caused by particular conditions in the atmosphere
2. (also ˌstatic elecˈtricity)electricity that gathers on or in an object which is not a ↑conductor of electricity
•My hair gets full of static when I brush it.
3. staticsthe science that deals with the forces that balance each other to keep objects in a state of rest
compare ↑dynamics
4. (NAmE, informal)angry or critical comments or behaviour

Word Origin:
late 16th cent. (denoting the science of weight and its effects): via modern Latin from Greek statikē (tekhnē) ‘science of weighing’; the adjective from modern Latin staticus, from Greek statikos ‘causing to stand’, from the verb histanai. Sense 1 of the adjective dates from the mid 19th cent.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  stable, unchanging, electrostatic, inactive, motionless, still, atmospherics, atmospheric static