(programming) A form of binding that occurs before the program is run, typically at compile time.

(construction) Any load, as on a structure, that does not change in magnitude or position with time.

(oil industry) a method of closing an oil well, in which the blowout preventer has been tripped and has closed off oil flow; by pumping in drilling fluid (synthetic mud) through the blowout preventer down the borehole, to push down the artesian oil to contain the oil in its reservoir, and following with concrete (cement) to plug the hole

plural of static line

(computing, programming) A system in which type checking is performed during compilation and not at run time, opposed to dynamic typing.

plural of static load

An electric charge that has built up on an insulated body, often due to friction. / The electric discharge from such a body. / (physics) Electrostatics.

(parachuting) The cord attached from the parachute pack to the plane, used to automatically deploy the parachute.

(physics) Any system in which the sum of the forces, and torque, on each particle of the system is zero; mechanical equilibrium. / (economics) A market in which demand and supply are the same.

(Internet) A website that does not make use of server-side scripting or coding to display information, and thus has no interactivity beyond the user's choice of hyperlink to follow.