Definition of hydrostatics Hydrostatics
hy•dro•stat•ics
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What does hydrostatics mean?
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NounPlural: hydrostatics |
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| hydrostatics - study of the mechanical properties of fluids that are not in motion | ||
| fluid mechanics, hydraulics study of the mechanics of fluids | ||
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- hydrostatics (Noun)
The scientific study of fluids at rest, especially when under pressure.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- hydrostatics (n.)
The branch of science which relates to the pressure and equilibrium of nonelastic fluids, as water, mercury, etc.; the principles of statics applied to water and other liquids.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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hydrostatics
A field within fluid mechanics that studies fluids at rest.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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hydrostatics
hī-dro-stat′iks, n.pl. used as sing., a branch of Hydrodynamics (which see).—n. Hy′drostat, an electrical contrivance for detecting a leakage or overflow of water: an apparatus devised to guard against the explosion of steam boilers.—adjs. Hydrostat′ic, -al.—adv. Hydrostat′ically.—Hydrostatic balance, a balance for weighing bodies in water to determine their specific gravity; Hydrostatic bellows, a device for illustrating the law that fluid pressure is proportional to area; Hydrostatic paradox, the principle that (disregarding molecular forces) any quantity of fluid, however small, may balance any weight, however great, as in the hydrostatic bellows; Hydrostatic press, the same as Hydraulic Press
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