Synonyms:
inactive, motionless, static, still
Meaning: not in physical motion; "the inertia of an object at rest"
Usage examples
Then a voice came whispering through the static.
It was turned on, but only a hiss of atmospheric static came from the speaker.
"Run it through again with the power turned up," Lea said, frowning. "All I hear is static."
His own views and his quotations from the views of others about the static and dynamic theories of distribution are examples of an important principle so imperfectly expressed as to make us doubtful whether it is perfectly apprehended by the writer.
For the longer and much more important service across the Channel submarine rails may be laid down as in the cases mentioned, but in addition it will be necessary to provide for static stability by fixing a flounder-shaped pontoon just below the greatest depth of wave disturbance, and just sufficient in buoyancy to take the great bulk of the weight of the structure off the rails.