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Definition of "electrostatics" [e•lec•tro•stat•ics]

  • The physics of electrostatic phenomena. (noun)

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Use "electrostatics" in a sentence
  • "Any smaller and you have to start to take into account interparticle forces such as electrostatics and Van der Waals."
  • "So according to Anaconda, then Gauss's Laws for electrostatics and magnostatics must be; rho/ epsilon0 = 0, where rho is the charge density and epsilon0 is the permittivity."
  • "Or have you decided to rewrite electrostatics as well as electromagnetism?"
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