static electricity

English

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Noun

static electricity (uncountable)

1. An electric charge that has built up on an insulated body, often due to friction.
2. The electric discharge from such a body.
3. (physics) Electrostatics.

Translations

an electric charge

• Arabic: كهرباء ساكنَة
• Bulgarian: статично електричество n (statično električestvo)
• Catalan: electricitat estàtica f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 靜電 / 静电 (zh) (jìngdiàn)

• Estonian: staatiline elekter
• Finnish: hankaussähkö, staattinen sähkö
• French: électricité statique (fr) f
• German: statische Elektrizität f
• Greek: στατικός ηλεκτρισμός m (statikós ilektrismós)
• Hebrew: חשמל סטטי m
• Hindi: स्थिर विद्युत f (sthir vidyut)
• Icelandic: stöðurafmagn n
• Indonesian: listrik statis
• Japanese: 静電気 (ja) (せいでんき, seidenki)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: elektrik statik
• Maltese: elettriċità statika f
• Māori: hikotū, hiko pateko
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: الکتریسیته ساکن (fa)
• Polish: elektryczność statyczna f
• Portuguese: estática (pt) f
• Romanian: electricitate statică (ro) f
• Russian: стати́ческое электри́чество n (statíčeskoje elektríčestvo)
• Spanish: electricidad estática f
• Swedish: statisk elektricitet (sv)
• Telugu: స్థిర విద్యుత్తు (sthira vidyuttu)
• Thai: ไฟฟ้าสถิต (th) (fai-fáa-sà-tìt)
• Turkish: statik elektrik (tr)
• Vietnamese: tĩnh điện (vi)

the electric discharge

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 靜電放電 / 静电放电 (jìngdiàn fàngdiàn)

• Finnish: hankaussähkö, staattinen sähkö
• Greek: στατικός ηλεκτρισμός m (statikós ilektrismós)
• Indonesian: listrik statis
• Japanese: 静電気 (ja) (せいでんき, seidenki)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: elektrik statik
• Māori: hikotū
• Polish: elektryczność statyczna f
• Portuguese: estática (pt) f
• Russian: электростати́ческий разря́д m (elektrostatíčeskij razrjád)
• Spanish: electricidad estática f
• Telugu: స్థిర విద్యుత్తు (sthira vidyuttu)
• Thai: ไฟฟ้าสถิต (th) (fai-fáa-sà-tìt)

electrostatics — see electrostatics

See also

• triboelectric effect
• static cling
• dust bunny