electrostatics

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electrostatics - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Electrostatics \E*lec`tro*stat"ics\, n. (Physics)
     That branch of science which treats of statical electricity
     or electric force in a state of rest.
     [1913 Webster]

electrostatics - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  electrostatics
      n 1: the branch of physics that deals with static electricity