Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The equilibrium mechanics of stationary bodies.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That branch of mechanics which treats of the relations of strains and stresses, or of the figures of bodies in equilibrium and of the magnitudes and directions of the pressures.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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 . - noun the study of the conditions which concern the existence and permanence of the social state.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun physics The branch of
mechanics concerned withforces instatic equilibrium
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the branch of mechanics concerned with forces in equilibrium
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word statics.
Examples
-
What you all seem to be debating here is nicely paralelled in the world of physics: you're talking about the branches known as statics vs. dynamics.
"The further backward you look, the further forward you can see." Ann Althouse 2008
-
Your statics are a cruel indication that dismisses he plight of so many in critical times.
-
On the ground, trips are made in armoured cars, in full body armour accompanied by drivers whose radios crackle with warnings of "statics" or "slow moving from the left" - each a possible suicide bomber.
-
On the ground, trips are made in armoured cars, in full body armour accompanied by drivers whose radios crackle with warnings of "statics" or "slow moving from the left" - each a possible suicide bomber.
-
For someone in solid mechanics, features such as statics / dynamic analysis (implicit and explicit), inelastic material laws, finite strain kinematics, and nonlinear solution schemes would be the starting point.
-
We are dedicated to researching and providing you with the most up-to-date information to help you understand domestic violence signs, solutions, help services, statics, and facts.
Kelly Ann Evers: 10 Signs Batterers Are Willing to Change Kelly Ann Evers 2011
-
Samuelson's economics-as-physics made equilibrium and comparative-statics analysis more rigorous, but it blotted out the issues of disequilibrium and economic growth.
Shorter Schumpeter, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
-
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has just released statics that 20% (almost 60 million) of Americans lost their health insurance since Jan. 2008!
-
We have moved from old “evolutionary statics” and are now starting to understand the flux and change of “evolutionary dynamics.”
SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011
-
We are dedicated to researching and providing you with the most up-to-date information to help you understand domestic violence signs, solutions, help services, statics, and facts.
Kelly Ann Evers: 10 Signs Batterers Are Willing to Change Kelly Ann Evers 2011
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.