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'''Electrostatics''' is the [[physics]] of the forces between ''stationary'' (non-moving) charges.
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'''Electrostatics''' is the [[physics]] of time-independent electric fields, potentials, and charges. In contrast, electrodynamics studies time-dependent fields, potentials, and charges.
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Latest revision as of 20:47, February 17, 2021

Electrostatics is the physics of time-independent electric fields, potentials, and charges. In contrast, electrodynamics studies time-dependent fields, potentials, and charges.