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statics

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈstæ.tɪks/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ætɪks
  • CMU ARPABET: S T AE1 T IH0 K S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The branch of mechanics concerned with forces in static equilibrium

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the branch of mechanics concerned with forces in equilibrium

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mechanics

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ստատիկա (statika) — branch of mechanics
  • Bulgarian: статика (statika) — branch of mechanics
  • Catalan: estàtica — branch of mechanics
  • Chinese Mandarin: 靜力學 /静力学 (jìnglìxué) — branch of mechanics
  • Dutch: statica — branch of mechanics
  • Finnish: statiikka — branch of mechanics
  • Finnish: tasapaino-oppi — branch of mechanics
  • German: Statik — branch of mechanics
  • Greek: στατική (statikí) — branch of mechanics
  • Gujarati: સ્થિતિવિજ્ઞાન (sthitivijñān) — branch of mechanics
  • Hindi: स्थैतिकी (sthaitikī) — branch of mechanics
  • Icelandic: stöðufræði — branch of mechanics
  • Indonesian: statika — branch of mechanics
  • Irish: stataic — branch of mechanics
  • Italian: statica — branch of mechanics
  • Japanese: 静力学 (seiriki gaku) — branch of mechanics
  • Korean: 정역학 (jeong'yeokhak) — branch of mechanics
  • Malay: statik — branch of mechanics
  • Marathi: स्थितिशास्त्र (sthitiśāstra) — branch of mechanics
  • Polish: statyka — branch of mechanics
  • Portuguese: estática — branch of mechanics
  • Russian: ста́тика (státika) — branch of mechanics
  • Serbo-Croatian: ста̀тика — branch of mechanics
  • Serbo-Croatian: stàtika — branch of mechanics
  • Sinhalese: ස්ථිතිකය (sthitikaya) — branch of mechanics
  • Spanish: estática — branch of mechanics
  • Tagalog: tigilan — branch of mechanics
  • Tagalog: estatika — branch of mechanics
  • Tamil: நிலையியல் (nilaiyiyal) — branch of mechanics
  • Thai: สถิตยศาสตร์ (s̄t̄hityṣ̄ās̄tr̒) — branch of mechanics
  • Turkish: dinginlik bilimi — branch of mechanics
  • Vietnamese: tĩnh học — branch of mechanics