STATICS

statics. Statics, n. pl. the science of weighing bodies

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Stat″ics (–ĭks), n. [[Cf. F. statique, Gr. στατική the art of weighing, fr. στατικόσ. 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.