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Static synchronous series compensator
The static synchronous series compensator (SSSC) is a converter-based FACTS device that injects a controllable voltage in quadrature with line current, controlling power flow like a series capacitor or reactor.
Static timing analysis
Static timing analysis (STA) validates the timing of a digital integrated circuit by checking all constrained signal paths for violations without simulating input vectors, making it faster and more thorough than dynamic simulation.
Static transfer switch
A static transfer switch is a solid-state device that switches critical loads between two AC power sources within milliseconds, used mainly in data centers and hospitals.
Static typing
Static typing is the property of a programming language whose type checker runs before execution, catching type errors in Java, C, and Haskell before the program runs.
Static VAR compensator
A static VAR compensator (SVC) is a shunt-connected power-electronic device regulating voltage on AC networks through thyristor-controlled reactive compensation, a standard FACTS controller first applied commercially in 1964.
Static variable
A static variable is a variable whose storage is allocated for a program's entire execution, so its value persists between uses, as in C-family languages' static keyword.
Static web page
A static web page is a set of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files served to every visitor exactly as stored, with no server-side code varying the content.
Static-X
Static-X is an American industrial metal band formed in 1994 by Wayne Static and Ken Jay, known as "evil disco". Breakthrough debut Wisconsin Death Trip (1999) went platinum; after Wayne Static's 2014 death the original lineup reunited in 2018 with vocalist Xer0.
Statically determinate structure
A statically determinate structure is a structure whose support reactions and internal forces can be calculated from the equations of static equilibrium alone, without information about material stiffness or deformation.
STATICBREAST study
STATICBREAST (NCT04515888) is a completed French observational study by Institut du Cancer de Montpellier assessing the prevalence of pelvic static (pelvic floor) disorders and quality of life in women with localized breast cancer on adjuvant hormone therapy, using PFDI-20 and PFIQ-7 questionnaires.
Statics
Statics is the branch of mechanics that studies bodies in equilibrium, meaning at rest or at constant velocity, and finds the forces keeping structures and machines at rest.
Statin
Statin: HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor lowering LDL cholesterol; first statin mevastatin from Penicillium citrinum (Endo, 1970s), lovastatin FDA-approved 1987; first-line therapy for ASCVD prevention per 2026 ACC/AHA dyslipidemia guideline.
Statio Bilachiniensis
Statio Bilachiniensis, also Bilachinensis, was a Roman customs station at Camporosso in the Val Canale near Tarvisio, on the Aquileia–Virunum road at the entry to Noricum, part of the Publicum Portorium Illyrici, attested by a 1910 inscription and a mithraeum.
Statio Caesariana
Statio Caesariana, a Roman road station in Lucania, southern Italy, listed in the Antonine Itinerary (ItAnt 110.3) and tentatively placed near Buonabitacolo; modern scholarship argues the itinerary misplaced it on the inland road.
Station (Australian agriculture)
A station is a large Australian agricultural holding on which cattle or sheep are grazed commercially, usually on Crown land under pastoral lease, the Australian equivalent of a ranch.
Station 19
Station 19 (2018-2024) is an ABC action-drama, the second Grey's Anatomy spin-off after Private Practice, created by Stacy McKee about Seattle firefighters at Station 19, led by Andy Herrera, running seven seasons.
Station 19 season 7
Station 19 season 7 (2024) is the final, 10-episode season of ABC's Grey's Anatomy firefighter spinoff, airing March 14 to May 30, 2024 under new showrunners Peter Paige and Zoanne Clack, ending with the wildfire finale "One Last Time."
Station blackout
A station blackout (SBO) is the complete loss of AC electrical power at a nuclear power plant, caused when both offsite grid power and emergency diesel generators fail.
Station code
A station code is a short, usually alphabetic identifier for a railway or transit station in ticketing, reservation, or operating systems, independent of the station's name.
Station drama
A station drama (German: Stationendrama, also Stationenstück) is a drama made up of relatively independent scenes, or stations, linked by a central protagonist rather than a causal plot.
Station Eleven
Station Eleven (2014) is Emily St. John Mandel's fourth novel, a literary post-apocalyptic story set 20 years after a flu kills 99% of humanity; Traveling Symphony, Arthur C. Clarke Award winner, HBO adaptation.
Station Eleven (miniseries)
Station Eleven is a 2021 American post-apocalyptic drama miniseries on HBO Max, adapted by Patrick Somerville from Emily St. John Mandel's 2014 novel and starring Mackenzie Davis and Himesh Patel.
Station identification
Station identification: the hourly call sign and community-of-license announcement required of licensed broadcasters under FCC rule 47 CFR 73.1201, with digital TV multicast, TSID/BSID, DAB, LPTV, and ITU Article 19 identification rules.
Station Island
Station Island is a 1984 poetry collection by Seamus Heaney, named after the Lough Derg pilgrimage site and centered on a Dante-inspired dream-vision of ghosts.
Station model
A station model, also called a surface-plotting model, is a standardized arrangement of weather symbols plotted around a circle on a weather map, in wide use since the 1920s.
Station post insulator
A station post insulator is a rigid insulator used in high-voltage substations to support bus bars, conductors, and disconnect switches, made in porcelain, composite, and toughened glass.
Station service transformer
A station service transformer (SST), also called a station auxiliary transformer, supplies a power plant's own auxiliary loads from the high-voltage transmission network, independent of generator status.
Station to Station
Station to Station: David Bowie's tenth studio album, released January 23, 1976 on RCA, produced with Harry Maslin, introducing the Thin White Duke, blending soul and Kraftwerk-influenced art rock, peaking at No. 3 in the US.
Station wagon
A station wagon, also called an estate car, is a passenger car body style with a roof extending over a shared passenger and cargo compartment.
Station West
Station West is a 1948 RKO Western film noir directed by Sidney Lanfield, starring Dick Powell, Jane Greer, and Agnes Moorehead, adapted from Luke Short's novel about an undercover Army agent investigating gold-shipment thefts.