Etymology

electrostatics

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Today it means: the branch of physics that deals with static electricity; that is, with the force exerted by an unchanging electric field upon a charged object Full definition →

English statics ← Latin electro- ← Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
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  1. Frenchélectro-
  2. Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
  3. Latinēlectrum
  4. Latinelectro-
  5. Englishelectro-
  6. Englishstatics
  7. English todayelectrostatics

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

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