static electricity
41Static bar — A static bar is a piece of equipment used for removing static electricity from a production line, usually on webs of paper or plastic film. It is important in the manufacturing and printing industries, although it can be used in other… …
42static discharge — A charge of static electricity picked up by an aircraft during its motion through the air. It is discharged into the atmosphere through static dischargers (wicks) located at the trailing edges …
43static marking — Marks on photographic negatives and other imagery caused by unwanted discharges of static electricity …
44static cling — the adhering of clothing to other clothing or a person s body, caused by an accumulation of static electricity in the materials, esp. those containing synthetic fibers. * * * …
45static — stat·ic || stætɪk adj. motionless, stationary; unchanging; of or pertaining to static electricity; acting by weight alone (Physics) …
46static — [ statɪk] adjective 1》 lacking movement, action, or change. 2》 Physics concerned with bodies at rest or forces in equilibrium. Often contrasted with dynamic. 3》 relating to or denoting electric charges acquired by objects that cannot conduct a… …
47electricity — See static electricity …
48static cling — the adhering of clothing to other clothing or a person s body, caused by an accumulation of static electricity in the materials, esp. those containing synthetic fibers …
49Static discharger — Static dischargers are commonly known as static wicks or static discharge wicks. They are used on aircraft to allow the continuous satisfactory operation of onboard navigation and radio communication systems. During adverse charging conditions… …
50Atmospheric electricity — Electricity E lec*tric i*ty ([=e] l[e^]k*tr[i^]s [i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl. {Electricities} ([=e] l[e^]k*tr[i^]s [i^]*t[i^]z). [Cf. F. [ e]lectricit[ e]. See {Electric}.] 1. (Physics) a property of certain of the fundamental particles of which matter… …
