geostatic

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Etymology

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From geo- +‎ static.

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geostatic (not comparable)

  1. (civil engineering) Relating to the pressure exerted by earth or similar substance.[1]
    geostatic load
    geostatic burden
    geostatic pressure
    geostatic stress
  2. Based on a model in which the earth does not move and all other motion is described relative to the earth's fixed position.
    • 1983, John Earman, Testing Scientific Theories, page 257:
      In contrast, the moon, since it shares the earth's heliocentric motion, does not have a component of its geostatic motion that mirrors the earth's orbit and thereby yields retrogression, as does the epicycle of a superior planet.
    • 1996, Hugh Thurston, Early Astronomy, page 206:
      If we make a scale model in a flat box of a geostatic solar system , driven perhaps by an electric motor , place it on a smooth table , and hold the sun still, allowing the box to slide around on the table, we obtain a heliostatic system.

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