static pressure


nounPhysics.
  1. the pressure exerted by a fluid that is not moving or flowing.

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How to use static pressure in a sentence

  • But when the well is again opened it will be found that the static pressure has been more or less reduced by friction.

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  • The greatest static pressure is at the Thargomindah bore, where it is nearly 240 lb.

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Scientific definitions for static pressure

static pressure

  1. The pressure exerted by a liquid or gas, especially water or air, when the bodies on which the pressure is exerted are not in motion.

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