hydrostatics

American  

[hahy-druh-stat-iks] / ˌhaɪ drəˈstæt ɪks /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

1. the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the statics of fluids, usually confined to the equilibrium and pressure of liquids.

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hydrostatics British  

/ ˌhaɪdrəʊˈstætɪks /

noun

1. (functioning as singular) the branch of science concerned with the mechanical properties and behaviour of fluids that are not in motion See also hydrodynamics

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hydrostatics Scientific  

/ hī′drə-stăt′ĭks /

1. The scientific study of fluids, especially noncompressible liquids, in equilibrium with their surroundings and hence at rest. Hydrostatics has many applications in biology and engineering, as in the design of dams.

2. Compare hydrodynamics

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Etymology

Origin of hydrostatics

First recorded in 1650–60; see origin at hydrostatic, -ics

Example Sentences

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hydrostatics

But does not hydrostatics dictate that the pressure of the water in this zone depends only on its depth?

From Scientific American ● Nov. 8, 2015

He was an authority on hydrostatics and electricity, but nothing human was alien to his interests.

From Time Magazine Archive

In hydrostatics he seems to have had no predecessors.

From Archimedes Men of Science by Heath, Thomas Little

In like manner he might have ascertained the laws of hydrostatics, by observing the impetus of many natural and artificial fountains, which must occasionally have come beneath his eye.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. by

It will now be necessary for me to give you some account of the mechanical properties of fluids—a science which, when applied to liquids, is divided into two parts, hydrostatics and hydraulics.

From Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained by Jones, Thomas P.