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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Static \Stat"ic\ (st[a^]t"[i^]k), Statical \Stat"ic*al\ (-[i^]*kal), adjective [Gr. statiko's causing to stand, skilled in weighing, fr. 'ista'nai to cause to stand: cf. F. statique. See {Stand}, and cf. {Stage}.]
1. Resting; acting by mere weight without motion; as, statical pressure; static objects.
2. Pertaining to bodies at rest or in equilibrium.
{Static electricity}, {Statical electricity}. See the Note under {Electricity}, 1.
{Statical moment}. See under {Moment}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
static
adjective
1: not active or moving; "a static village community and a completely undynamic type of agriculture"; "static feudal societies" [syn: {unchanging}]
2: not in physical motion; "the inertia of an object at rest" [syn: {inactive}, {motionless}, {still}]
3: concerned with or producing or caused by static electricity; "an electrostatic generator produces high-voltage static electricity" [syn: {electrostatic}]
4: showing little if any change; "a static population" [syn: {stable}, {unchanging}]
noun
1: a crackling or hissing noise cause by electrical interference [syn: {atmospherics}, {atmospheric static}]
2: angry criticism; "they will probably give you a lot of static about your editorial"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
193 Moby Thesaurus words for "static": Babel, abeyant, abiding, apathetic, at a standstill, at anchor, atmospherics, battery-powered, bedlam, biostatic, birdies, blaring, blasting, blind spot, blooping, blurping, cacophony, capacity, cataleptic, catatonic, changeless, character, confusion of tongues, constant, contemplative, continuing, crawling, creeping, dead, dead-still, difficulties, difficulty, distortion, do-nothing, dopey, dormant, drift, dull, durable, dynamoelectric, electric, electric-powered, electrified, electrifying, electrochemical, electrodynamic, electrokinetic, electromechanical, electrometric, electromotive, electropneumatic, electrostatic, electrothermal, enduring, fade-out, fading, feedback, firm, fixed, flak, flat, flutter, fluttering, footing, foul, frozen, galvanic, galvanometric, geostatic, groggy, heavy, hell, hissing, howling, hum, hydroelectric, idle, immobile, immotive, immovable, immutable, in abeyance, in suspense, inactive, inert, intact, interference, invariable, inviolate, laissez-aller, laissez-faire, languid, languorous, lasting, latent, leaden, lifeless, location, locus, logy, meditative, motionless, motorboating, moveless, neuter, neutral, noise, out of commission, pandemonium, paralytic, paralyzed, passive, permanent, perpetual, persistent, phlegmatic, photoelectric, piezoelectric, place, point, position, problems, procrastinating, quiescent, quietist, quietistic, racket, rank, reception, remaining, riding at anchor, rigid, rumble, scratching, sedentary, shredding, site, situation, slack, sleeping, sluggish, slumbering, smoldering, solid, spot, squeals, stabile, stable, stagnant, stagnating, standing, standpat, state, station, stationary, statuelike, staying, steadfast, steady, sticky, still, stock-still, stopped, stuck, suspended, sustained, tame, torpid, trouble, unactive, unaltered, unaroused, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, unchecked, undestroyed, unemployed, unfading, unfailing, unmoved, unmoving, unshifting, unvaried, unvarying, vegetable, vegetative, voltaic, where, whistles, woomping, wow, wowwows
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