All 19 Uses of
static
in
Dune
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- It's theoretically possible, of course—a shire-sized static counter charge is supposed to do the trick, but no one's ever been able to put it to the test.†
Book 1
- Hawat nodded, crossed to the door to the adjoining room, closed it, shutting off the noise of static and electronic sparking.†
Book 1
- Static electricity from sandstorms masks out many signals.†
Book 1
- The panel speaker emitted static crackles, then a voice: "Who calls Delta Ajax niner?†
Book 1
- The voice from the speaker was flat and partly distorted by a burst of static: "We read and thank you."†
Book 1
- Sand rasped as he opened the sphincter and a burred fizzle of grains ran into the tent before he could immobilize it with a static compaction tool.†
Book 2
- No. She swallowed in a dry throat, slipped into the hole, felt static-packed sand rasp under her hands.†
Book 2
- He was pointing left and she looked along his arm to see that they stood atop a cliff with the desert stretched out like a static ocean some two hundred meters below.†
Book 2
- Storms, sand-static, and all that, you know.†
Book 2
- We'll discuss various types of static another time," the Count said.†
Book 2
- Dry lightning streaked a dark corner to the south — sign that a storm had built up its static charge there.†
Book 3
- Much static.†
Book 3 *
- Paul thought of the storm sweeping across the basin, the static charge within the wall of sand that destroyed every shield barrier in the enemy camp.†
Book 3
- "Much static," the man said.†
Book 3
- Much static!†
Book 3
- The static.†
Book 3
- Static lightning crackled from the cloud and the spark flashes of shields being shorted out by the storm's charge could be seen through the haze.†
Book 3
- BARADYE PISTOL: a static-charge dust gun developed on Arrakis for laying down a large dye marker area on sand.†
Book Term
- OIL LENS: hufuf oil held in static tension by an enclosing force field within a viewing tube as part of a magnifying or other light-manipulation system.†
Book Term
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".