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HYDROSTATICS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hydrostatics mean? 

HYDROSTATICS (noun)
  The noun HYDROSTATICS has 1 sense:

1. study of the mechanical properties of fluids that are not in motionplay

  Familiarity information: HYDROSTATICS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HYDROSTATICS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Study of the mechanical properties of fluids that are not in motion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("hydrostatics" is a kind of...):

fluid mechanics; hydraulics (study of the mechanics of fluids)

Domain member category:

Archimedes' principle; law of Archimedes ((hydrostatics) the apparent loss in weight of a body immersed in a fluid is equal to the weight of the displaced fluid)

principle of liquid displacement ((hydrostatics) the volume of a body immersed in a fluid is equal to the volume of the displaced fluid)

Derivation:

hydrostatic (relating to fluids at rest or to the pressures they exert or transmit)


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