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
Example Sentences
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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
They also simulated the same hurricanes' storm surges, using hydrodynamic models to translate hurricanes' maximum wind speed and sea level pressure into surge height in coastal areas.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2024
The new detection method combined the traditional vertical hydrodynamic nonlinear rectification effect of 2D plasmons with the addition of a vertical diode-current nonlinearity.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 28, 2023
Ciurlo said it would be helpful to have hydrodynamic simulations, which would show what might be produced in the condition of emerging stars.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 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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