electrostatics

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Etymology

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French électro-bor.

Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor.

Latin ēlectrum

Latin electro-bor.

English electro-

English statics

English electrostatics

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

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Noun

electrostatics (uncountable)

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

Translations

branch of physics

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 靜電學 / 静电学 (jìngdiànxué)

• Czech: elektrostatika f
• Finnish: sähköstatiikka (fi)
• French: électrostatique (fr) f
• German: Elektrostatik (de) f
• Greek: ηλεκτροστατική (el) f (ilektrostatikí)
• Hindi: स्थिरवैद्युतिकी (sthirvaidyutikī)
• Hungarian: elektrosztatika (hu)
• Japanese: 静電学 (せいでんがく, seidengaku)
• Korean: 정전기학 (jeongjeon'gihak)
• Malagasy: tombina (mg)
• Manx: lectrostataght f
• Norwegian: lakkelektrisitet
• Polish: elektrostatyka f
• Portuguese: eletrostática (pt) f
• Romanian: electrostatică (ro) f
• Russian: электроста́тика (ru) f (elektrostátika)
• Spanish: electrostática (es) f
• Swedish: elektrostatik (sv) c
• Tagalog: dagitigilan
• Tamil: மின்நிலையியல் (miṉnilaiyiyal)
• Thai: ไฟฟ้าสถิต (th) (fai-fáa-sà-tìt)
• Wolof: mbëjtekkaaral