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HYDROSTATIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hydrostatic mean? 

HYDROSTATIC (adjective)
  The adjective HYDROSTATIC has 1 sense:

1. relating to fluids at rest or to the pressures they exert or transmitplay

  Familiarity information: HYDROSTATIC used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HYDROSTATIC (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to fluids at rest or to the pressures they exert or transmit

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

hydrostatic pressure

Antonym:

hydrokinetic (relating to fluids in motion or the forces that produce or affect such motion)

Pertainym:

hydrostatics (study of the mechanical properties of fluids that are not in motion)

Derivation:

hydrostatics (study of the mechanical properties of fluids that are not in motion)


 Context examples 


Ceres' hydrostatic equilibrium is one reason why astronomers classified the body as a dwarf planet in 2006.

(What's Inside Ceres? New Findings from Gravity Data, NASA)

Ceres has a special property called "hydrostatic equilibrium," which was confirmed in this study.

(What's Inside Ceres? New Findings from Gravity Data, NASA)



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