New sense for "static"?

[Randy Alexander]

All your examples have to do with radio, but the sense that Joel found is
visual.
On Feb 28, 2014 10:36 PM, "Herb Stahlke" <hfwstahlke at gmail.com> wrote:

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> *As an extension of the following?4.*
>  *a.* Electrical disturbances producing interference with the reception of
> telecommunications and broadcasts, typically manifesting as crackling or
> hissing noises; atmospherics. Cf. noise n.
> 11a<http://www.oed.com.proxy.bsu.edu/view/Entry/127655#eid34518590>
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> 1905   *Jrnl. Soc. Arts* 20 Jan. 211/1   How far our spark interfered with
> other systems it is beyond my knowledge to speculate... We found one enemy
> when the rainy season approached. That was the 'static' caused by thunder
> storms.
> 1913   *Wireless World* Nov. 508/2   Communication will also be had with
> New Orleans, which the static formerly prevented.
> 1928   *Sat. Evening Post* 12 May 50/3   He had just paid $300 for a new
> radio and..tried to get Dubuque, but there was much static.
> 1950   'N. Shute' *Town like Alice* v. 156   He wanted to see a live
> broadcast of 'Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh' which he listened to on short wave
> from Brisbane when the static permitted.
> 2005   *Wall St. Jrnl.* (Central ed.) 7 Dec. b10/1   The technology
> eliminates hissing and static.
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> On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 10:06 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> >  From the New York Dramatic Mirror, 1914 June 10, 26/4.  Microfilm,
> > NY Public Library.  "static" = zig-zag lines on a film.
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> > "Before making a positive print, it is not unusual for the
> > director-in-chief to have each piece of negative projected on the
> > screen for his inspection. He finds some of the scenes out of focus,
> > others are over or under exposed, still others are afflicted with
> > static (zig-zag lines that shoot through the picture), or perhaps the
> > negative is scratched."
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> > "static", noun, sense not in OED?
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> > Joel
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