Informally, statics is the study of forces without motion. More formally, statics is the branch of mechanics that deals with forces in the absence of changes in motion.

This section of The Physics Hypertextbook is a gathering place for problems where the forces are balanced in all directions.

This section of The Physics Hypertextbook is a gathering place for problems where the forces are balanced in all directions.

This section of The Physics Hypertextbook is a gathering place for problems where the forces and torques are balanced in all directions.

This section of The Physics Hypertextbook is a gathering place for problems where the forces and torques are balanced in all directions.

In contrast, statics is the study of forces without motion; or more formally, the branch of mechanics that deals with forces in the absence of changes in motion.

Typical car tires rotate over the surface of the road without slipping, thus the coefficient of static friction determines a car's maximum acceleration in most situations. To solve this problem, set …

Types: static & kinetic Classical Approximations independent of surface area speed (except when v = 0) temperature depends on the nature of the surfaces in contact and is directly proportional …

Statics The study of forces without regard to motion. Technically, statics is the study of forces in the absence of acceleration. One way to not be accelerating is to not move. In that special …

In casual conversation, it's often all right to state distances this way, but in most of physics this is unacceptable. That being said, let me deconstruct the definition of distance I just gave you.