Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for STAT'ICS
STAT'IC, or STAT'IC-ALSTAT'ING
STAT'ICS, n. [Fr. statique; It. statica; L. statice, G. στατικη.]
- That branch of mechanics which treats of bodies at rest. Dynamics treats of bodies in motion.
- In medicine, a kind of epileptics, or persons seized with epilepsies. – Cyc.
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