An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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The branch of → electricity dealing with the phenomena and properties of stationary → electric charges, as opposed to → electrodynamics. It involves the build-up of charge on the → surface of → objects due to → contact with other surfaces.

→ electro- + → statics.

A branch of physics that deals with the characteristics of → fluids at rest and especially with the pressure in a fluid or exerted by a fluid on an immersed body.

→ hydro- + → statics.

The branch of → mechanics which studies the laws of composition of forces and the conditions of equilibrium of material bodies under the action of forces.

→ static; → -ics.

Istâyik, from istâ, → static + -ik, → -ics.