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STATICS (from Gr. root am-, stand, or cause to stand)

STATICS (from Gr. See also:
ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
root am-, stand, or cause to stand) , the See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of See also:

MECHANICS

mechanics which discusses the conditions of See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest or See also:

EQUILIBRIUM (from the Lat. aequus, equal, and libra, a balance)

equilibrium of forces (see MECHANICS) .

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