hydrodynamic
Americanadjective
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of or concerned with the mechanical properties of fluids
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of or concerned with hydrodynamics
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Origin of hydrodynamic
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The first approach uses hydrodynamic cavitation, which creates and collapses tiny vapor bubbles in contaminated water.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
In a statement Tuesday, harbor officials said the incident illuminated “a new vulnerability in floating dock design: a previously underrecognized hydrodynamic failure mechanism.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2025
“In contrast, the great white shark, with a stocky body that becomes even stockier as it grows, can be 'large' but cannot pass 23 feet to be 'gigantic' because of hydrodynamic constraints.”
From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2025
"It turns out that this hydrodynamic pilot-wave experiment exhibits many features of quantum systems which were previously thought to be impossible to understand from a classical perspective," Bush says.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 12, 2023
Every other mammal that went to sea—seals, sea cows, dolphins—had to evolve for aeons to develop specialised organs and a hydrodynamic body.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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