static entity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstaticandentity
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static
adjective
uk/ˈstæt.ɪk/us/ˈstæt̬.ɪk/
staying in one place without moving, or not changing for a ...
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entity
noun[C]
uk/ˈen.tɪ.ti/us/ˈen.t̬ə.t̬i/
something that exists apart from other things, having its own ...
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(Definition ofstaticandentityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofstatic entity
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No longer viewed as astaticentity, the process character of the organism was recognized as its dominant defining element.
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In short, the immune self is not astaticentity, but is best understood through its functional behavior.
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Those with lower proficiency tended to think that noun countability was a fixed orstaticentity.
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In the first case, where quality is to be checked and safeguarded, it is a synchronic andstaticentity.
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Unlike the case of oil painting, the artefact to be experienced is itself a process rather than astaticentity.
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Put differently, the economy is not astaticentitythat moves voters for the same reasons at all times.
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Moreover, the set of features that is activated is not astaticentity, and may depend on factors like the context in which the word is embedded.
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The perspective of political behaviour as shaped by political culture therefore offers clarification, but this political culture is not astaticentitywhich is, or is not, democratic.
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The bacterial cell surface is therefore not astaticentity, but rather undergoes continual change and redistribution of molecules during the life cycle of the organism.
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In reference to cultural influences, our view is that culture should be understood as a dynamic system and way of living, not as astaticentity.
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The civil service cannot be a sacred orstaticentity.
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We did not join astaticentity.
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A corollary to this is that it reifies culture as astaticentity.
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Other critics posit that organizational information theory views the organization as astaticentity, rather than one that changes over time.
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She critiques the practice of viewing ethnic groups as static entities characterized by essential differences.
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Policy subsystems are not static entities; they change in response to the subsystem's internal and external environment.
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The most common phenomenon is presenting world music as a series of static entities.
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Species were now defined not as static entities, but as subject to change dependent on the vicissitudes of time and happenstance.
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Thus, the static entities are the eliminable parts, and the dynamic entities are the residual parts.
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The tradition is not astaticentity.
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