Words / B2

STAT-ik/ˈstætɪk/

Static means not moving or changing; as a noun, crackling electrical noise: a static pie chart; static electricity. Stationary is “not moving” for vehicles; stable is “not likely to fall”. A static pie chart of one year is not a trend. Mix-up: statistic is a number (already in the dictionary); statue is sculpture (already in the dictionary). Do not write static for a statistic.

Meaning

Not moving or changing; also (noun) crackling electrical noise.

Examples

• “A static pie chart of one year is not a trend, the geography marker said.”
• “Static electricity featured in the physics demo, which is the charge sense.”

Good to know

static + noun; statically; static electricity. Vehicle twin: stationary. Trap: statistic / statue. Data and physics. Unchanging, or electrical crackle — not a number.

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