PRINCIPLE OF LIQUID DISPLACEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does principle of liquid displacement mean? 

• PRINCIPLE OF LIQUID DISPLACEMENT (noun)
  The noun PRINCIPLE OF LIQUID DISPLACEMENT has 1 sense:

1. (hydrostatics) the volume of a body immersed in a fluid is equal to the volume of the displaced fluid

  Familiarity information: PRINCIPLE OF LIQUID DISPLACEMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRINCIPLE OF LIQUID DISPLACEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("principle of liquid displacement" is a kind of...):

principle; rule (a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system)

Domain category:

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