statics

The equilibrium mechanics of stationary bodies.

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.

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 study of the conditions which concern the existence and permanence of the social state.

The branch of mechanics concerned with forces in static equilibrium.