statics

[ stat-iks ]

/ ˈstæt ɪks /

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noun (used with a singular verb)

the branch of mechanics that deals with bodies at rest or forces in equilibrium.

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Origin of statics

First recorded in 1650–60; see origin at static, -ics

Words nearby statics

static line, static memory, static pressure, static RAM, static reflex, statics, static tube, static water, statin, station, station agent

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How to use statics in a sentence

The obelisk in the square of St. Peter's at Rome is erected in a way which offends against all the principles of statics.
Toilers of the Sea|Victor Hugo
The statics of society is the study of the conditions of existence and permanence of the social state.
August Comte and Positivism|John-Stuart Mill
Equilibrium, in statics, the condition when a body is acted on by two or more forces which balance one another.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia|Various
It would have been better had he also studied social statics on the historical method.
History of Modern Philosophy|Alfred William Benn

Being a reprint of the suppressed chapter from the original edition of "Social Statics," now rare and costly.
Anarchism|Paul Eltzbacher

British Dictionary definitions for statics

statics

/ (ˈstætɪks) /

noun

(functioning as singular) the branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that produce a state of equilibrium in a system of bodiesCompare dynamics (def. 1)

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for statics

statics

[ stăt′ĭks ]

The branch of physics that deals with physical systems in equilibrium, in which no bodies are in motion, and all forces are offset or counterbalanced by other forces.

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Origin of statics

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