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nounthe branch of mechanics concerned with forces in equilibriumtype of:
Definition that contains statics
- archimedes Greek mathematician and physicist noted for his work in hydrostatics and mechanics and geometry (287-212 BC)
- archimedes' principle (hydrostatics) the apparent loss in weight of a body immersed in a fluid is equal to the weight of the displaced fluid
- coulomb's law a fundamental principle of electrostatics; the force of attraction or repulsion between two charged particles is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the distance between them; principle also holds for magnetic poles
- law of archimedes (hydrostatics) the apparent loss in weight of a body immersed in a fluid is equal to the weight of the displaced fluid
- principle of liquid displacement (hydrostatics) the volume of a body immersed in a fluid is equal to the volume of the displaced fluid