different between static vs dyadic

English

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) statick

Etymology

Modern Latin staticus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (statikós), from ?????? (híst?mi, “to make stand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?stæt.?k/
• Rhymes: -æt?k

Adjective

static (not comparable)

1. Unchanging; that cannot or does not change.

   Synonym: stable

   Antonym: dynamic

2. making no progress; stalled, no movement or advancement.
3. Immobile; fixed in place; having no motion.

   Synonyms: stable, still

   Antonyms: dynamic, kinetic, mobile, moving
4. (programming) Computed, created or allocated before the program starts running, and usually not changeable at runtime

   Antonyms: dynamic, nonstatic

5. (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.

Derived terms

• aerostatic
• anti-static, antistatic
• electrostatic
• hydrostatic
• static caravan
• static electricity
• static fire
• static friction
• statical
• staticity

Related terms

• stasis

Translations

Noun

static (countable and uncountable, plural statics)

1. (uncountable) Interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television.
   • 1976, Boating (volume 40, numbers 1-2, page 152)

     The FCC says it decided to attempt standardization of VHF receivers after getting "thousands of complaints" from disgruntled boatmen who found their sets brought in mostly a lot of garble and static.

2. (by extension, uncountable) Interference or obstruction from people.
3. (uncountable) Static electricity.
4. (countable) A static caravan.
5. (uncountable, slang) Verbal abuse.
6. (countable, programming) A static variable.
   • 2000, Dov Bulka, David Mayhew, Efficient C++: Performance Programming Techniques (page 149)

     Some compilers will allow statics to be inlined, but then incorrectly create multiple instances of the inlined variable at run-time.

Related terms

• statics

Translations

Anagrams

• -tastic, Ticats, attics, cat sit, cat-sit, catsit

Romanian

Etymology

From French statique.

Adjective

static m or n (feminine singular static?, masculine plural statici, feminine and neuter plural statice)

1. static

Declension

English

Etymology

From dyad +? -ic. The mathematics sense was coined by Josiah Willard Gibbs in 1884 in the second half of his book Elements of Vector Analysis.

Pronunciation

• (US)IPA^(key): /da??æ.d?k/, [da??æ.??k]
• Rhymes: -æd?k

Adjective

dyadic (comparative more dyadic, superlative most dyadic)

1. Pertaining to a dyad, the number two; of two parts or elements.
   1. (mathematics) having an arity of two (taking two arguments or operands)
2. Pertaining to the physical sex of a person who is exactly male or female in genetics, anatomy and hormone levels; not intersex.

Synonyms

• (arity, adicity, rank): binary

Translations

See also

• monadic
• triadic
• polyadic
• extradyadic
• variadic

Noun

dyadic (plural dyadics)

1. (mathematics) The sum of two or more dyads