| Aerostatics | n. The science that treats of the equilibrium of elastic fluids, or that of bodies sustained in them. Hence it includes aëronautics. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Biostatics | n. [ Gr. bi`os life + &unr_;. See Statics. ] (Biol.) The physical phenomena of organized bodies, in opposition to their organic or vital phenomena. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Electrostatics | n. (Physics) That branch of science which treats of statical electricity or electric force in a state of rest. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Gyrostatics | n. (Physics) The doctrine or theory of the gyrostat, or of the phenomena of rotating bodies. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Haemastatics | n. Same as Hemastatics. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Hemastatics | n. (Physiol.) Laws relating to the equilibrium of the blood in the blood vessels. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Hydrostatics | n. [ Cf. F. hydrostatique. ] (Physics) The branch of science which relates to the pressure and equilibrium of nonelastic fluids, as water, mercury, etc.; the principles of statics applied to water and other liquids. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Hygrostatics | n. [ Gr. &unr_; wet + &unr_;. See Statics. ] The science or art of comparing or measuring degrees of moisture. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Statics | n. [ Cf. F. statique, Gr. statikh` the art of weighing, fr. statiko`s. See Static. ] That branch of mechanics which treats of the equilibrium of forces, or relates to bodies as held at rest by the forces acting on them; -- distinguished from dynamics. [ 1913 Webster ]
Social statics, the study of the conditions which concern the existence and permanence of the social state. [ 1913 Webster ]
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