Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to bodies at rest or to forces in equilibrium.
- Acting by mere weight without producing motion: as, statical pressure.
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- adjective archaic
static
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Examples
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This may be termed the statical breaking strength.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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There is, however, another sense in which the term "force" is employed, which, in distinction from the above, is termed a statical sense.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 Various
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What kind of statical bump would you get from someone who lost their legs in an accident?
Archive 2008-03-01 Kosmo 2008
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His general position is that of the "statical" teleology -- to use Driesch's term -- of Kant and Cuvier.
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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He offers a demo of a statical tool developed to analyze IT usage in 10 Middle East markets.
Global Voices in English » Harvard Forum: the complex world of ICT and gender 2009
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Surely, someone at CNN understands that 15 months into this campaign that they American public is just polled out and don't believe any of it, especially if it falls within the statical margin of error.
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Obama has fought McCain to a statical tie in the national polls and has the media talking about the lies and distortions.
New Obama Ad On McCain's Reformer Image: "Wait A Second" 2009
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Nor can recourse to statical analysis of the "average" layperson be of use in determining soundness of an argument, much less the rightness or lawfulness of a decision --- such things are not democratic in nature, any more than the nature of pi.
Balkinization 2006
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One of the questions was: In Model 1, explain the substantive and statical significance of the effect of Beauty on Teacher Ratings.
Archive 2005-05-01 2005
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One of the questions was: In Model 1, explain the substantive and statical significance of the effect of Beauty on Teacher Ratings.
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