a. [f. ELECTRO- + STATIC; cf. hydrostatic.] Pertaining to statical electricity. Hence Electrostatical a., of same meaning. Electrostatically adv. Electrostatics, the science dealing with statical electricity.
1867. Sir W. Thomson, in Athenæum, No. 2084. 428. Self-acting electro-static accumulator.
1885. Athenæum, 3 Jan., 21/2. The action of the air felt in front of an electrostatic machine in action.
1882. Minchin, Unipl. Kinemat., 248. An electrostatical distribution.
1881. Maxwell, Electr. & Magn., I. 453. The … electromotive force of an electromotor may be measured … electrostatically by means of the electrometer.
1885. Watson & Burbury, Math. Th. Electr. & Magn., I. 208. The … two-fluid theory of electricity in its application to Electrostatics.
