D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Statics

/(-ĭks)/ · Stat·ics · IPA /stˈætɪks/
01 n. 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; -- d…
  1. 1.
    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.
Phrases & compounds
Social statics — the study of the conditions which concern the existence and permanence of the social state.