static

Definition

Unchanging; that cannot or does not change.

Etymology

Modern Latin staticus, from Ancient Greek στατικός (statikós), from ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to make stand”). By surface analysis, stasis + -tic.

Example Sentences

• "It's important to know that the Earth's crust is in no manner a stable and static place."
• "England were ponderous with ball in hand, their runners static when taking the ball and their lines obvious, while their front row struggled badly in the scrum."
• "A further advantage of static type checking is of course computational efficiency, since run time checks are no longer necessary."

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