Definition of "static electricity" []

• An accumulation of electric charge on an insulated body. (noun)
• Electric discharge resulting from the accumulation of electric charge on an insulated body. (noun)

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• "A shirt or pair of slacks made of Dynel would build up static electricity like polyester, causing everything to stick to it."
• "Psy-4 could smell the ozone, feel that crackling static electricity twisting through the atmosphere, brushing past him."