Statics

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The equilibrium mechanics of stationary bodies.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The branch of mechanics concerned with forces in static equilibrium
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. That branch of mechanics which treats of the relations of strains and stresses, or of the figures of bodies in equilibrium and of the magnitudes and directions of the pressures.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the branch of mechanics concerned with forces in equilibrium
  • Antonym
    dynamics   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    mechanics   
    Cross Reference
    chemical    dynamics   
    Form