(uncountable) Interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television.

(figurative, by extension, uncountable) Interference or obstruction from people.

(uncountable) Static electricity.

(countable) A static caravan.

(uncountable, slang, US) Verbal abuse.

(countable, programming) A static variable.

Unchanging; that cannot or does not change.

Making no progress; stalled, without movement or advancement.

Immobile; fixed in place; having no motion.

(programming) Computed, created, or allocated before the program starts running, as opposed to at runtime.

(object-oriented programming) Defined for the class itself, as opposed to instances of it; thus shared between all instances and accessible even without an instance.