staticadjective
uk/ˈstæt.ɪk/us/ˈstæt̬.ɪk/staying in one place without moving, or not changing for a long time:
Oil prices have remained static for the last few months.
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Immobility
- be locked in sth
- boxed in
- budge
- catatonic
- firm
- glue
- grind to a halt/standstill idiom
- hold
- immovable
- jam
- jammed
- lock
- motionless
- move
- not move a muscle idiom
- rest
- rock-solid
- time stands still idiom
- transfix
- unwavering
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staticnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈstæt.ɪk/us/ˈstæt̬.ɪk/noise on a radio or television caused by electricity in the air:
There's so much static on this radio I can't hear what they're saying.
also static electricity an electrical charge that collects on the surface of objects made from some types of material when they are rubbed
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Electricity & electronics
- anodize
- anti-static
- chargeable
- charger
- conduction
- destructive interference
- electric
- electric field
- electrical
- electromagnetic
- electrostatic
- flow
- generation
- homing
- input
- linesman
- rechargeable
- resistor
- solid-state
- transistorized
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