Hydrostatics

[,haidrә'stætiks]

Definition

(noun.) study of the mechanical properties of fluids that are not in motion.

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Definition

(n.) The branch of science which relates to the pressure and equilibrium of nonelastic fluids, as water, mercury, etc.; the principles of statics applied to water and other liquids.

Editor: Rodney

Definition

n.pl. used as sing. a branch of Hydrodynamics (which see).—n. Hy′drostat an electrical contrivance for detecting a leakage or overflow of water: an apparatus devised to guard against the explosion of steam boilers.—adjs. Hydrostat′ic -al.—adv. Hydrostat′ically.—Hydrostatic balance a balance for weighing bodies in water to determine their specific gravity; Hydrostatic bellows a device for illustrating the law that fluid pressure is proportional to area; Hydrostatic paradox the principle that (disregarding molecular forces) any quantity of fluid however small may balance any weight however great as in the hydrostatic bellows; Hydrostatic press the same as Hydraulic Press.

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