stăt'ĭk

(stăt'ĭk) painting

2010

adj.

1.

1. Having no motion; being at rest; quiescent.

2. Fixed; stationary.

3. Physics. Of or relating to bodies at rest or forces that balance each other.

4. Electricity. Of, relating to, or producing stationary charges; electrostatic.

5. Of, relating to, or produced by random radio noise.

n.

1. Random noise, such as crackling in a receiver or specks on a television screen, produced by atmospheric disturbance of the signal.

2. Informal.

3. Back talk.

4. Interference; obstruction.

5. Angry or heated criticism.

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