electrostatics

[ ih-lek-truh-stat-iks ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)

1. the branch of physics dealing with electric phenomena not associated with electricity in motion.

electrostatics

/ ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈstætɪks /

noun

1. functioning as singular the branch of physics concerned with static charges and the electrostatic field

Word History and Origins

Origin of electrostatics¹

First recorded in 1820–30; electro- + statics

Example Sentences

It is clear that this hypothesis somewhat complicates electrostatics, but that it brings back into it gravitation.

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We have next to notice three important facts in electrostatics and some consequences flowing therefrom.

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To every proposition in electrostatics there is thus a corresponding one in the hydrokinetic theory of incompressible liquids.

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In nearly all the experiments of electrostatics, ethereal elasticity is manifest.

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In nearly all the experiments of electrostatics etherial elasticity is manifest.

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