electrostatics

[ ih-lek-truh-stat-iks ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, (used with a singular verb)

the branch of physics dealing with electric phenomena not associated with electricity in motion.

electrostatics

/ ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈstætɪks /

functioning as singular the branch of physics concerned with static charges and the electrostatic field

First recorded in 1820–30; electro- + statics

It is clear that this hypothesis somewhat complicates electrostatics, but that it brings back into it gravitation.

We have next to notice three important facts in electrostatics and some consequences flowing therefrom.

To every proposition in electrostatics there is thus a corresponding one in the hydrokinetic theory of incompressible liquids.

In nearly all the experiments of electrostatics, ethereal elasticity is manifest.

In nearly all the experiments of electrostatics etherial elasticity is manifest.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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