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# static

«static» in Mova's school dictionary: **not moving or not changing: a static picture, prices…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (static); noun (static, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Static means not moving or not changing: a static picture, prices stayed static. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/static/#m1)

2) Static electricity is an electric charge that builds up on things when they rub together, making hair stand up or giving a small shock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/static/#m2)

3) (noun) Static is a crackling noise on a radio or TV, or fuzzy dots on a screen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/static/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons, pupils rub a balloon on hair or a jumper to make static electricity, then make it stick to a wall or lift bits of paper; they learn that like charges push apart and opposite charges pull together; lightning is a giant static spark. In maths and graphs, a static number does not change. In PE, «static stretches» are held still. Phrases: «static electricity», «static shock», «static on the radio», «stay static».

### examples

- Rub the balloon on your jumper to make static electricity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/static/#x1)
- I got a static shock when I touched the car door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/static/#x2)
- My hair stood up because of static. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/static/#x3)
- The radio only played static in the tunnel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/static/#x4)
- The number of pupils stayed static all year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/static/#x5)
- We did static stretches after the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/static/#x6)
- Lightning is a huge spark of static electricity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/static/#x7)

### note

Opposite of «dynamic» or «moving». The noun «static» (noise) is uncountable. Static shocks are usually harmless; lightning is not. Do not mix up with «statistic» (a number fact) or «statue».

### In the corpora

- [Static shocks from a trampoline can make your hair stand up and give a little zap, but they are harmless.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/23-petrol-stations-pools-and-things-that-go-bang/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «static» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/static/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.