statical figure

Physics: The figure which results from the equilibrium of forces; as, the statical figure of the earth. ( Lyell .) stăt-ic-al-ly, adv. [Eng. statical; -ly.] In a statical manner; according to statics. stăt-i-çē, s. [Lat., from Gr.statikē an astringent herb, probably Armeria maritima.] Bot.: Sea-lavender; the typical genus of Statice (q. v.). Perennial herbs, with radical leaves, and unilateral spikes on a panicled scape; calyx funnel shaped, plaited, dry, and membranous: petals united at the base, bearing the stamens; styles distinct, glabrous; stigmas filiform, glandular. Known species fifty or sixty. from the sea-shores in Western Asia and other parts of the north temperate zone. S. carol in i an a , the Marsh Rosemary of this country, has narrow, obovate leaves on long petioles, and bluish-purple flowers. It is one of the most sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. IMG:content-0225.png:[blocks in formation] stăt-Ics, s. [STATIC.] Physics: That branch of dynamics which investigates the relations which exist between forces in equilibrium. A body is said to be in equilibrium when, if two or more forces act upon it at the same time, their united effect is such that no motion ensues. The science of dynamics is divided into kinetics and statics, the former treating of forces considered as producing motion, the latter of forces considered as producing rest. By some authorities statics is used in opposition to dynamics, the former being the science of equilibrium or rest, the latter of motion, and the two together constituting mechanics. The two great propositions in statics are that of the lever and that of the composition of forces. "John Wallis placed the whole system of statics on a new foundation." -Macaulay : Hist . Eng . , ch. iii. Social statics : [SOCIOLOGY.] tstat -1-graph, stăt-i-grăm, subst. [Eng.sta ti(stics); suff. -graph , -gram.] Terms proposed to denote representations of statistics by means of lines, areas, . ( Nature , Oct. 22, 1885, p. 597.)