| Statics (n.) That branch of mechanics which treats bodies as at rest; -- distinguished from dynamics. Thesaurus Entries Newtonian physics, acoustics, aerophysics, aerostatics, applied physics, astrophysics, basic conductor physics, biophysics, biostatics, chemical physics, cryogenics, crystallography, cytophysics, dynamics, electron physics, electronics, electrophysics, electrostatics, geophysics, gyrostatics, hydrostatics, macrophysics, mathematical physics, mechanics, medicophysics, microphysics, natural philosophy, natural science, nuclear physics, optics, philosophy, physic, physical chemistry, physical science, physicochemistry, physicomathematics, physics, psychophysics, radiation physics, radionics, rheostatics, solar physics, solid-state physics, stereophysics, stereostatics, theoretical physics, thermodynamics, thermostatics, zoophysics |