All 4 Uses of
static
in
Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen
Uses with a meaning too common or too rare to warrant foucs:
- Then, through the noise and static he heard a voice.†
p. 18.9
- Brian could barely hear him now, heard mostly noise and static.†
p. 19.6
- Once, for a second, he thought he heard a break in the noise, some part of a word, but it could have been static.†
p. 19.9 *
- He turned the switch back and forth a few times but nothing happened, he couldn't even hear static, so, as with the rifle, he set it against the wall and went back to the bag.†
p. 174.6
Definitions:
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(1)
(static as in: in a static state) not moving or not changingStatic things are often contrasted to dynamic things.
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(2)
(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) meaning too common or too 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".