magnetostatics

 [mag-nee-toh-stat-iks]  

mag·ne·to·stat·ics

   [mag-nee-toh-stat-iks]
noun (used with a singular verb)
the branch of magnetics that deals with magnetic fields that do not vary with time (magnetostatic fields).
Origin:
1895–1900; magneto- + statics
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magnetostatics (mæɡˌniːtəʊˈstætɪks)
 
—n
(functioning as singular) physics the study of steady-state magnetic fields

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