statics
SaySTAT-iks/ˈstætɪks/
- 1The branch of mechanics that deals with forces in static equilibrium, balanced so that the body they act on stays at rest.
Civil engineers rely on statics to make sure a beam's supports can carry its load.
Her first-year statics course covered trusses, beams and free-body diagrams.
Oppositedynamics
Note
Equilibrium here has a precise test: the net force and the net torque on a body must both be zero. Its partner is dynamics, the study of bodies in motion, and between them they cover much of classical mechanics. Like physics and mathematics, the word looks plural but takes a singular verb: statics is the first course, not statics are.
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