electrostatic

[ ih-lek-truh-stat-ik ]

/ ɪˌlɛk trəˈstæt ɪk /

adjective Electricity.

Nearby words

electroscope, electrosensitive, electroshock, electroshock therapy, electrosmosis, electrostatic, electrostatic field, electrostatic force, electrostatic generator, electrostatic induction, electrostatic lens

Origin of electrostatic

First recorded in 1865–70; electro- + static

Related forms

e·lec·tro·stat·i·cal·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for electrostatic

“I think the most likely mechanism for providing the spark is electrostatic,” Stansfield said.
Did Static Electricity Spark the Hindenburg Explosion?|Justin Green|March 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The elastic displacement corresponds to electrostatic charge,—roughly speaking, to electricity.
The Ether of Space|Oliver Lodge
To have applied an electrostatic field in addition to this had perhaps been attempted before.
Where I Wasn't Going|Walt Richmond
Similarly he came to see an electrified body as a centre of a system of lines of electrostatic force.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2|Various

I did not doubt that luminosity could be excited in a closed tube when electrostatic action is completely excluded.
The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla|Thomas Commerford Martin
Magnetic and gravitational and electrostatic fields rotate polarized light or bend light or do this or that as the case may be.
Operation: Outer Space|William Fitzgerald Jenkins

British Dictionary definitions for electrostatic

electrostatic

/ (ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈstætɪk) /

adjective

of, concerned with, producing, or caused by static electricity

concerned with electrostatics

Derived Forms

electrostatically, adverb

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Science definitions for electrostatic

electrostatic

[ ĭ-lĕk′trō-stăt′ĭk ]

Relating to or caused by electric charges that are not in motion. Compare electrodynamic.