hydrostatic pressure
[ hī′drə-stăt′ĭk ]
The pressure exerted by a fluid at equilibrium at a given point within the fluid, due to the force of gravity. Hydrostatic pressure increases in proportion to depth measured from the surface because of the increasing weight of fluid exerting downward force from above.
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How to use hydrostatic pressure in a sentence
The water is almost chemically pure, and is forced to a great height by hydrostatic pressure.
Seventy Years on the Frontier | Alexander MajorsWater may descend to depths from which it can never be brought back by hydrostatic pressure.
The Elements of Geology | William Harmon NortonThere has also been a certain amount of upthrow owing to the hydrostatic pressure.
The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays | J. (John) JolyI'm sure more men and women break up from a hydrostatic pressure of emotion than from anything else.
The Translation of a Savage, Complete | Gilbert ParkerWhat admiration this would have excited—adaptation to the laws of hydrostatic pressure, etc. etc.
The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume II (of II) | Charles Darwin
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