electrostatics
Noun
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That branch of science which treats of statical electricity or electric force in a state of rest.
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Because of the large surface area to volume ratio of MEMS, surface effects such as electrostatics and wetting dominate over volume effects such as inertia or thermal mass.
Further developments in electrostatics revealed that the dielectric material was not essential, but increased the storage capability ( capacitance ) and prevented arcing between the plates.
He also devised the mathematical technique of electrical images, which became a powerful agent in solving problems of electrostatics, the science which deals with the forces between electrically charged bodies at rest.
It is important to note that the Laplace equation can be used in three-dimensional problems in electrostatics and fluid flow just as in two dimensions.
Leyden jars are still used in education to demonstrate the principles of electrostatics.
The behaviour of electric and magnetic fields, whether in cases of electrostatics, magnetostatics, or electrodynamics (electromagnetic fields), is governed by Maxwell's equations.