Definition of Statics. Meaning of Statics. Synonyms of Statics

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Definition of Statics

Statics
Statics Stat"ics, n. [Cf. F. statique, Gr. ? the art of weighing, fr. ?. See Static.] That branch of mechanics which treats of the equilibrium of forces, or relates to bodies as held at rest by the forces acting on them; -- distinguished from dynamics. Social statics, the study of the conditions which concern the existence and permanence of the social state.
Static
Static Stat"ic, Statical Stat"ic*al, a. [Gr. ? causing to stand, skilled in weighing, fr. ? to cause to stand: cf. F. statique. See Stand, and cf. Stage.] 1. Resting; acting by mere weight without motion; as, statical pressure; static objects. 2. Pertaining to bodies at rest or in equilibrium. Statical electricity. See Note under Electricity, 1. Statical moment. See under Moment.

Meaning of Statics from wikipedia

- Statics is the branch of classical mechanics that is concerned with the analysis of force and torque acting on a physical system that does not experience...
- In economics, comparative statics is the comparison of two different economic outcomes, before and after a change in some underlying exogenous parameter...
- Social Statics, or The Conditions essential to Happiness specified, and the First of them Developed is an 1851 book by the British polymath Herbert Spencer...
- broad sense, the term graphic statics is used to describe the technique of solving particular practical problems of statics using graphical means. Actively...
- Fluid statics or hydrostatics is the branch of fluid mechanics that studies fluids at hydrostatic equilibrium and "the pressure in a fluid or exerted...
- materials sciences, an example of a funicular. Rope statics describes catenaries in a classic statics problem involving a hanging rope. Mathematically,...
- Monotone comparative statics is a sub-field of comparative statics that focuses on the conditions under which endogenous variables undergo monotone changes...
- as well. classical mechanics, divided into statics and dynamics, are even further subdivided, with statics' studies split into rigid bodies and rigid...
- meteorology, astrophysics, and biology. It can be divided into fluid statics, the study of fluids at rest; and fluid dynamics, the study of the effect...
- Om Shanti Om (transl. literally to Peace Be With You) is a 2007 Hindi-language romantic fantasy film written and directed by Farah Khan, co-written by...