An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
STATIC
static, stable, unchanging
(adjective) showing little if any change; “a static population”
inactive, motionless, static, still
(adjective) not in physical motion; “the inertia of an object at rest”
electrostatic, static
(adjective) concerned with or producing or caused by static electricity; “an electrostatic generator produces high-voltage static electricity”
static
(noun) angry criticism; “they will probably give you a lot of static about your editorial”
static, atmospherics, atmospheric static
(noun) a crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
static (not comparable)
Unchanging; that cannot or does not change.
Synonym: stable
Antonym: dynamic
Immobile; fixed in place; having no motion.
Synonyms: stable, still
Antonyms: dynamic, kinetic, mobile, moving
(programming) Computed, created or allocated before the program starts running, and usually not changeable at runtime
Antonyms: dynamic, nonstatic
(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.
Noun
static (countable and uncountable, plural statics)
(uncountable) Interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television.
(by extension, uncountable) Interference or obstruction from people.
(uncountable) Static electricity.
(countable) A static caravan.
(uncountable, slang) Verbal abuse.
(countable, programming) A static variable.
Anagrams
• -tastic, Ticats, attics, cat sit, cat-sit, catsit
Source: Wiktionary
Stat"ic, Stat"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. 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. Statical electricity. See Note under Electricity, 1.
– Statical moment. See under Moment.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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