Wiktionary
n. (context parachuting English) The cord attached from the parachute pack to the plane, used to automatically deploy the parachute.
WordNet
n. a cord attached the pack of a parachute to an aircraft to open the parachute after the jumper is clear of the plane
Wikipedia
A static line is a fixed cord attached to a large, stable object. It is used for safety in construction and to open parachutes automatically for paratroopers and novice parachutists.
Static Line was an email-based ASCII Ezine that focused on the PC demoscene. It was a monthly publication with strong roots in the music aspect of the demoscene. It ran for 52 issues starting in July 1998 and finishing in March 2004.
Static Line was created in an effort to fill the void left by the closing of the DemoNews E-Zine (closing February 1998) and the TraxWeekly E-Zine (closing April 1996). In most regards it succeeded and followed a similar format: an ASCII text-based magazine that was distributed via e-mail. While never reaching the large subscription rates that TraxWeekly boasted, it had a successful run and highlighted many aspects of the developing demoscene.
Static Line or static line can mean:
- Static line, a fixed cord attached to a large stable object. It is used for safety in construction and for low jumps and training in parachuting
- A rope that does not stretch when under load: see dynamic rope
- Static Line (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe
- Static Line (magazine), a monthly email-based periodical. It ran from July 1998 to March 2004.
Usage examples of "static line".
Lorne paused at a static line ten yards behind the laser's gaping exhaust nozzle, the boom extending above her.
He looked down, surprised, and started to fumble for his static line.
She didn't hesitate in the open doorway but stepped straight out, her static line cracking sharply behind her.
A second later the static line yanked his chute open, and the slick nylon umbrella came to lull blossom a bare three hundred feet from the ground The stiff and often hurtful opening shock came as a considerable relief.
The static line attached to the hook on the anchor line in the plane pulled the back cover off his main chute.
And then, as he fell beneath it to the end of the static line and he could hear the main chute slither out, and as he steeled himself for the opening shock, he realized that what he had seen wrapped around the little wing on the back of the R4D was a man.
When at last he was in, clicked down, and anchored by static line, Hanako sighed.
He unhooked his static line and put it behind the kid's, and then got in the line behind Felter and Greer.
Something jerks mightily on his back: the static line, still attached to the airplane--God forbid that American fighting men should be entrusted to pull their own ripcords.
His body twisted, then pulled sharply as the static line drew taut.