Stat″ics (–ĭks), n. [Cf. F. statique, Gr. στατική the art of weighing, fr. στατικόσ. See Static.] 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.
Social statics, the study of the conditions which concern the existence and permanence of the social state.