Crossword clues for static
static
- Still getting interference
- Still disturbance to radio reception
- So full of crap still
- Note revolving musical boxes still
- A sudden movement beside stone still
- Retreating pets must keep it motionless
- Unmoving, unchanging
- Not moving
- Harsh criticism
- Lacking vitality
- At a standstill
- Reception problem
- Radio nuisance
- Unwanted radio noise
- TV interference
- Cling cause
- Sign of bad reception
- Radio crackle
- Radio trouble
- ____ electricity
- TV trouble
- Reception disruption
- Negative feedback
- Crackling radio noise
- Wireless crackle
- TV or radio interference
- Still — interference
- Sign of bad radio reception
- Sign of a bad connection
- Shocking buildup?
- Scratchy noise
- Radio crackling
- Radio broadcast interference
- Noise of a sort
- Electrical interference
- Crackly feedback
- Crackling noise on the radio
- Crackling noise during a phone call
- Crackling noise
- Cause of some sparks
- Audio interference
- At rest, in physics
- A bit of resistance
- It causes sparks
- Kind of electricity
- Interference with radio or TV
- Inactive
- It might make your hair stand on end
- It's often heard during storms
- Radio woe
- Unwanted noise
- Criticism, so to speak
- Noisy opposition
- Noise on the air
- Back talk, slangily
- Noisy reception
- Bad reception
- Storm production
- Winter buildup, at times
- Complaints, informally
- Unchanging
- Reception annoyance
- A crackling or hissing noise cause by electrical interference
- Radio noise
- Atmospherics
- Sign of an approaching storm
- Lacking movement
- Interference of a sort
- Fixed
- Televiewer's problem
- Airwaves nuisance
- Not active
- Trouble on the set
- Stationary
- Radio interference
- Radio annoyance
- Atmospheric disturbance
- Radio problem
- Opposite of dynamic
- Unmoving
- Version of it's missing from figure still
- Gridlocked, perhaps, in transport leaving city
- Electricity in stable
- Still using second strategy, not Conservative
- Still hissing?
- Still in charge after position in society is reduced
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Static \Stat"ic\ (st[a^]t"[i^]k), Statical \Stat"ic*al\ (-[i^]*kal), a. [Gr. statiko`s causing to stand, skilled in weighing, fr. 'ista`nai to cause to stand: cf. F. statique. See Stand, and cf. Stage.]
Resting; acting by mere weight without motion; as, statical pressure; static objects.
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Pertaining to bodies at rest or in equilibrium.
Static electricity, Statical electricity. See the Note under Electricity, 1.
Statical moment. See under Moment.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1630s, "pertaining to the science of weight and its mechanical effects," from Modern Latin statica, from Greek statikos "causing to stand, skilled in weighing," from stem of histanai "to make to stand, set; to place in the balance, weigh," from PIE root *sta- "stand" (see stet). Earlier statical (1560s). The sense of "having to do with bodies at rest or with forces that balance each other" is first recorded 1802. Applied to frictional electricity from 1839.
"random radio noise," 1912, from static (adj.). Figurative sense of "aggravation, criticism" is attested from 1926.
Wiktionary
a. 1 unchanging; that cannot or does not change. 2 immobile; fixed in place; having no motion. 3 (context programming English) Occupying fixed memory, allocated when a program is load. n. 1 interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television. 2 (context by extension English) Interference or obstruction from people. 3 Something that is not part of any perceived universe phenomena; having no motion; no particle; no wavelength. 4 static electricity.
WordNet
n. a crackling or hissing noise cause by electrical interference [syn: atmospherics, atmospheric static]
angry criticism; "they will probably give you a lot of static about your editorial"
adj. not active or moving; "a static village community and a completely undynamic type of agriculture"; "static feudal societies" [syn: unchanging]
not in physical motion; "the inertia of an object at rest" [syn: inactive, motionless, still]
concerned with or producing or caused by static electricity; "an electrostatic generator produces high-voltage static electricity" [syn: electrostatic]
showing little if any change; "a static population" [syn: stable, unchanging]
Wikipedia
"Static" is episode 56 of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. It originally aired on March 10, 1961 on CBS.
Static may refer to:
Static is an album by hard rock band Mr. Big. It was released in 2000.
Static is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Milestone Comics founders Dwayne McDuffie, Denys Cowan, Derek Dingle, and Michael Davis and initially written by McDuffie and Robert L. Washington III and drawn by John Paul Leon, Static first appeared in Static #1 (June 1993), one of the titles published by Milestone Comics, an imprint of DC Comics. After the closing of Milestone, Static was incorporated into the DC Universe and became a member of the Teen Titans.
Static is the second full-length album by the Christian rock band Bleach. It was released in 1998 under Forefront Records.
Static is an American comedy-drama film directed by Mark Romanek. The film stars Keith Gordon, Amanda Plummer, and Bob Gunton, and was released in 1986 by NFI Productions. It was shot in Page, Arizona and Lake Powell, Nevada.
The film was written by the film's star Keith Gordon and director Mark Romanek, in his directorial debut, before he went on to direct numerous music videos for much his career. However, Romanek has since disowned the film, claiming that his subsequent film One Hour Photo (2002), as his feature film directorial debut.
Static is the third album by the Italian dance musical group Planet Funk. It was released in 2006 under EMI Music. Vocal parts are interpreted by Luke Allen, except track 10, which is sung by Jovanotti.
Static is a fictional comic book hero created and owned by writer-artist Steve Ditko.
"Static" is a 1988 song written by Full Force and recorded by James Brown. It was released as a single from Brown's album I'm Real and charted #5 R&B. Reviewing its host album, People singled "Static" out for praise, calling it "inflammatory". It was Brown's last Top 40 R&B hit.
Static is the second studio album by New York pop duo Cults, released by Columbia Records on 15 October 2013.
Static is a 2012 horror film starring Sara Paxton and Milo Ventimiglia.
Static is the third album by Highland Park, California heavy metal band Huntress. It was released on September 25, 2015. The album title, track listing and cover were announced on June 15, with an audio snippet of the song "Flesh".
A lyric video for the song "Flesh" was released on July 31, 2015. A music video for the song "Sorrow" was released on September 25, 2015.
Usage examples of "static".
Finding nothing more than annoying static, Delanie flicked the off button, yanked out the earpiece, and stuffed everything into the cavernous bag beside her.
Transferring from the clay to the marble block, he carved the statue of young Lorenzo for the niche above Dawn and Dusk, using an architectonic approach, designing this figure of contemplation to be static, tight, withdrawn, involved in its own interior brooding.
From the wall annunciators there poured out a staccato howl of static through which could be dimly heard an alien gobbling which was presumably the SRTT sound tape.
The ghost of his head bloomed through his nostrils, its mouth open, howling static.
The many mezzanines are empty, the hall is mostly dark, and the giant holographic viewing pool shows only three-dimensional static.
Everywhere, when it theorises, it tends to establish static relations between composing unities which form a homogeneous and disconnected multiplicity.
I were riding through the forested hills above Baidarka 6 Admin Center in a rented Volvo Planetokhod Jeepster, nothing in our ears but the click of our rebreather valves, the soft whisper of static in the headphones.
Then the viewer crackled with static and the ship lurched violently as it penetrated the upper cloud layer and began its descent into the semifluid darkness.
The man had been attempting some hex, and little arcs of energy spat and dissipated like static from his fingers, which spasmed as his nerves died.
Spigelia Marilandica 314 Spinal Column 24 Spinal Cord 25, 90 Spinal Cord, Reflex Action of the 93 Spinal Curvature, Posterior 898 Spinal Nerves 89 Spirit Vapor-bath 362 Spirometer 391, 392 Spleen 44 Sponge Bath 365 Sprains 892 Squaw-root 305 Stapes 110 Static Electrical Machine 629 Sterility 707 Sternum 23 Stethoscope 391 Stimulants 348 Stomach 39, 52 Stomach, Inflammation of the 882, 884 Stomach, Neuralgia of the 885 Stomatitis 553 Stomatitis Materna 554 Stone in the Bladder 838 Stone-pock 442 Stone-root 337 Story of Sexual Abuse 394 Stramonium 344 Striae 31 Stricture of the Urethra 775, 843 Strumous Diathesis 445 Strumous Synovius 453 St.
Even if the Supernaturalists were caught on camera, their heads would only show up as static fuzz.
Meanwhile, Margaret stared as the stone trapezoid crackled and fuzzed with static.
If sometimes their plays seem poorly constructed to us, static and undramatic, it must be because we are failing to find the true dramatic center of them.
He ran his unheld hand over his gray crew cut, as if he were trying to spark enough static electricity for balloons to stick to his head.
The Spin had ended as quietly as it had begun, no fanfare, no noise except for a crackle of uninterpretable static from the sunny side of the planet.