All 3 Uses of
static
in
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- I mean that the tragic emotion is static.†
Chpt 5
- The esthetic emotion (I used the general term) is therefore static.†
Chpt 5
- —Static therefore, said Stephen.†
Chpt 5 *
Definition:
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(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) More commonly, static can also refer to electrical interference or to an electrical charge that is stationary in an object. More rarely, it can also refer to "complaints or interference".