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/ɪˌlɛktroʊˈstætɪk/ · e-lec-tro-stat-ic
adjective
- Of, relating to, or produced by electrostatics or static electricity. The electrostatic charge on the balloon caused it to attract small pieces of paper.
noun
- A branch of physics that deals with the properties and phenomena of static electricity. The study of electrostatics led to a deeper understanding of the behavior of charged particles.
Did you know? The term 'electrostatic' was first used by the British physicist Michael Faraday in his 1839 lectures on electricity.