Meaning & use
static images
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“static images” is a form of “static image”.
Meaning
nounpluraltechnical
Pictures or graphics that stay fixed and do not move, as opposed to animation or video.
Grammar: Plural; the singular is a static image.
Patterns
- static images of something
- use static images
The website uses static images instead of video to load faster.
Photographs are static images, while a film is a sequence of moving ones.
The slides contain only static images and a few charts.
Word forms
| singular | static image |
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Common combinations
- use static images
- We use static images on the landing page.
- replace static images with video
- The magazine replaced static images with video clips.
- static images and animations
- The tutorial mixes static images and animations.
- compress static images
- Compress static images to save bandwidth.
- a gallery of static images
- The museum has a gallery of static images online.
Synonyms and how they differ
- still images
- Still images is a common alternative, used mostly in photography and film, with almost no difference in meaning.
- stills
- Stills is a short form, usually used for frames taken from a film.
- pictures
- Pictures is general and does not point to the lack of movement.
- graphics
- Graphics may be drawn designs and may include animated ones, so it is not necessarily fixed.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: static images or statics?
static images vs statics
Statics is a branch of physics about forces in balance and has nothing to do with pictures.
Practice
A photograph on a poster is a ____, while a GIF that loops is not.
Choose one answer.
A photograph does not move, so it is a static image. The other options describe things that change or move.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “static images”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.