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statics
[ stat-iks ]
noun
, (used with a singular verb)
- the branch of mechanics that deals with bodies at rest or forces in equilibrium.
statics
/ ˈstætɪks /
noun
- functioning as singular the branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that produce a state of equilibrium in a system of bodies Compare dynamics
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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The obelisk in the square of St. Peter's at Rome is erected in a way which offends against all the principles of statics.
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The statics of society is the study of the conditions of existence and permanence of the social state.
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Equilibrium, in statics, the condition when a body is acted on by two or more forces which balance one another.
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It would have been better had he also studied social statics on the historical method.
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Being a reprint of the suppressed chapter from the original edition of "Social Statics," now rare and costly.
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