I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
static electricity (= electricity that collects on a surface, for example on your clothes or a balloon )
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He touched the door handle, and felt a jolt of static electricity.
static electricity
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
essentially
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The entire interwoven pattern constituted an essentially static unity, whose focus was found in the spiritual authority of Rome.
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He presented the earth as an essentially static , harmonious system that was being torn apart by human greed.
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As a way of tackling the major problem of making something essentially static into something always forward-moving, I offer this tip.
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A major problem with such economists' models is that they are essentially static .
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Standards were set within the firm rather than externally and so organisations were essentially static rather than dynamic.
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They thought of the world as essentially static and unchanging.
less
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Within this more or less static total, catalogue mail order credit has been expanding fairly fast.
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Cotton sheets breathe, absorb moisture, and create less static electricity, which gives you a more comfortable rest.
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There has never been a time in economic history when comparative advantage was less static .
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During the whole of this period, arts figures remained more or less static at 43-4 percent.
relatively
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There have been no problems in staffing the committees and the membership has remained relatively static .
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Employing organisations within this sector are a mixture of local and international companies competing within a relatively static market.
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Consequently, at room temperature diamond is a relatively static crystal.
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The relatively static lattice in a diamond ensures that the scattering is at a minimum and the thermal conductivity is exceptionally good.
■ NOUN
display
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Libraries are also being targeted and static displays are being used to highlight road safety.
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The Executive Committee have decided that we should be represented and a static display stand has been booked for the five days.
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There is a static display showing work and photographs, also possibility of the purchase of small hand forged items as mementoes.
electricity
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One disadvantage, however, is that it acquires static electricity , causing it to pick up dirt easily.
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He felt spooky and luminous, felt as though he were wrapped in cool fur that was full of static electricity .
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There was a crackle of static electricity .
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Cotton sheets breathe, absorb moisture, and create less static electricity , which gives you a more comfortable rest.
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Overhead, lightning flickered frequently as the static electricity accumulating in the ash cloud discharged.
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When his hand touched the elevator signal it touched off the tiniest spark of static electricity .
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Amelia's unsubtle lust for him darted out of her like static electricity .
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It goes without saying that you should practise safe upgrading by observing all precautions to prevent damage by static electricity .
model
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This concept of structuration provides a bridge between our static models of class and the complex dynamic reality of changing inequality.
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This discussion illustrates the limitations of a static model of human behaviour in social research.
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All but the last two tested static models .
position
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A load torque produces a static position error, which can be deduced directly from the static torque/rotor position characteristic.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Unfortunately, the high divorce rate remains static .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Above all the setting from within which family care might be provided is not a static one.
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In the five-phase machine, for example, the highest peak static torque is obtained when two or three phases are excited.
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Secrecy sang in the static air, like an old valve radio with the volume turned down.
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There have been no problems in staffing the committees and the membership has remained relatively static .
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To start with it's interactive not static .
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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That's my final decision, so don't give me any static .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Again there was static , a warped sound.
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Ask yourself: does yours have the capacity to override the terrestrial static that interferes with radio reception sometimes?
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He held the receiver, hooked up with the general static .
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Like bursts and blips against the static of the radio.
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The static over the intercom was terrible.
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The telephone line from San Antonio to Boston is crackling with the static of an ideological rift.
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To clear static , persevere by taking drastic steps to fight all interference and distraction.