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Electrostatics

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    the branch of physics that deals with static electricity; that is, with the force exerted by an unchanging electric field upon a charged object uncountable
  2. 2
    the branch of physics that deals with static electricity wordnet

Etymology

From electro- + statics. Coined by William Whewell in 1840.

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