Stāt'ic or Stāt'ic-al, a.
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.