Definition of: static

(stat′ik) adjective
1. Pertaining to bodies at rest or forces in equilibrium: opposed to dynamic.
2. Physics Acting as weight, but not moving: static pressure.
3. Electr. Pertaining to electricity at rest, or to stationary electric charges.
4. At rest; quiescent; dormant; not active.
5. Of or pertaining to non–active elements.
6. In art, simply posed; monumental.
7. Treating of fixed or stable conditions rather than of fluctuations of sales: said of capital or goods. Also stat′i·cal.
—noun Electr. A condition in which electromagnetic waves produced by atmospheric disturbances affect a radio receiving set, interfering with normal reception. [<Gk. statikos causing to stand <histanai stand]
—stat′i·cal·ly adverb