HYDROKINETICS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hydrokinetics mean? 

• HYDROKINETICS (noun)
  The noun HYDROKINETICS has 1 sense:

1. study of fluids in motion

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYDROKINETICS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Study of fluids in motion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

hydrodynamics; hydrokinetics

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

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hydrokinetics"):

magnetohydrodynamics (the study of the interaction of magnetic fields and electrically conducting fluids (as plasma or molten metal))

Derivation:

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