Statics

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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. Social statics the study of the conditions which concern the existence and permanence of the social state.

Noun

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statics - the branch of mechanics concerned with forces in equilibrium

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