Stāt'ic or Stāt'ic-al, a.

adjective

a. [Gr. στατικός, from ἱστάναι, to cause to stand. See STATER.]

Sense 1. Pertaining to bodies at rest, or in equilibrium.

Sense 2. Resting; acting by mere weight without motion; as, statical pressure.

Statical electricity, electricity produced by friction.