Statics
Statics (-iks) , noun
[Compare French statique, Greek statikh` the art of weighing, from statiko`s. See Static.]
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.
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Social statics , the study of the conditions which concern the existence and permanence of the social state.