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Static vs Reflectron - What's the difference?

static | reflectron |

As nouns the difference between static and reflectron

is that static is interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television while reflectron is (physics|chemistry) a time-of-flight mass spectrometer that uses a static electric field to reverse the direction of travel of the ions entering it.

As an adjective static

is unchanging; that cannot or does not change.

static

English

Alternative forms

* statick

Adjective

(-)
  • Unchanging; that cannot or does not change.
  • Immobile; fixed in place; having no motion.
  • *
  • (programming) Occupying fixed memory, allocated when a program is loaded.

    • Synonyms

    * stable * (Having no motion) still

    Antonyms

    * (Unchanging) dynamic * (Having no motion) dynamic, kinetic, mobile * (computing) dynamic

    Derived terms

    * hydrostatic * statical * staticity

    Related terms

    * stasis

    Noun

    (-)
  • Interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television.
  • (by extension) Interference or obstruction from people.
  • Something that is not part of any perceived universe phenomena; having no motion; no particle; no wavelength.
  • Static electricity.

    • Related terms

    * statics

    Anagrams

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    reflectron

    English

    (wikipedia reflectron)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (physics, chemistry) A time-of-flight mass spectrometer that uses a static electric field to reverse the direction of travel of the ions entering it.