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nonstatic

nonstatic

1 7.4
A method, field, or variable that belongs to one object and can have different values
  • adjective
  • /nɒnˈstætɪk/
  • Specialized
: no estático
  • The configuration settings for this application are nonstatic and can be adjusted for different user profiles.

Examples

  • Each time you run the program, the data generated is nonstatic and will vary based on user input.

  • What cannot be communicated well in this graphic is that the interactions among the model's elements are ongoing and nonstatic.

    Academic text (1996)
  • As expected, this fact implies that a better homogenization is provided by nonstatic composting systems.

    Academic text (2001)
  • I earned my doctorate by producing some exact, nonstatic, spherically symmetric solutions of his theory.

    Academic text (1999)
  • In the fluctuating and decentered present perspective of an extra system that creates categories other than those of the monolinearity and monodiscursivity determined by a center, I must now state, temporarily at least, several positional criteria (themselves nonstatic) that correspond to a logic of process.

    Academic text (1995)
  • In object-oriented programming, a nonstatic method can access instance variables that are unique to each object.

Antonyms

58 3.8

Not moving or changing over time

How Instance-Specific

nonstatic
  • Specialized
1 7.4
static
58 3.8

Surface Forms

nonstatic positive

Morphology

nonstatic = static (transparent) = non + static

The productive prefix 'non-' directly negates the adjective 'static', yielding the straightforward meaning 'not static' in programming contexts.

Etymology

Nonstatic comes from non- meaning 'not' and static meaning 'still' or 'fixed', so it literally means 'not fixed'. In programming, a nonstatic method or field can change and belongs to a single object rather than being shared by all, so you often need an object to use it.