Staattinen

Staattinen is a Finnish adjective meaning static or stationary. It is used to describe something that does not change over time or that remains in a fixed state. In everyday language it can refer to a motionless object, a persistent situation, or a condition that is constant.

In science and engineering, staattinen appears in phrases related to static concepts. Staattinen sähkö refers to electrostatics, the study of electric charges at rest. Staattinen kenttä means a static electric field. Staattinen kitka describes static friction, the resistance to the start of motion between two surfaces. Staattinen tila or staattinen tasapaino denotes a stationary state or balance in systems where macroscopic properties do not change with time.

In information technology and programming, staattinen is the Finnish translation of the English static keyword or concept. Staattinen muuttuja refers to a static variable whose lifetime or scope is fixed. Staattinen metodi or staattinen funktio indicates a method that belongs to a class rather than to an instance. For websites, staattinen sivu or staattinen verkkosivusto describes pages or sites that do not rely on server-side processing to generate content, as opposed to dynamic pages.

In linguistics and grammar, staattinen can describe stative aspects—verbs and constructions that express states rather than actions. Across disciplines, the term conveys a sense of fixedness, immobility, or unchanging conditions, distinguishing static from dynamic or changing states.