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

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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

He worked for his father, and an uncle who was a millwright, but found time to study hydrostatics, pneumatics, natural philosophy, p. 74as well as Hebrew, Greek and Latin. 

From A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time by James Conway Walter

Archimedes is the only one among the ancients who has left us anything satisfactory on the theory of mechanics and on hydrostatics.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various

At the time when the first of the following biographies opens there were a few men who held sound views respecting the laws of motion and the principles of hydrostatics.

From Heroes of Science: Physicists by William Garnett

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