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Webster 1913 Edition
Hydrostatics
Hyˊdro-stat′ics
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
hydrostatique
.] (Physics)
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hydrostatics
HYDROSTAT'ICS
,Noun.
Hydrostatics is that branch of the science of hydrodynamics which treats of the properties of fluids at rest.
Definition 2024
hydrostatics
hydrostatics
English
Alternative forms
- hydrostaticks (obsolete)
Noun
- (physics) The scientific study of fluids at rest, especially when under pressure.
- 1774, Dr Samuel Johnson, Preface to the Works of the English Poets, J. Nichols, Volume II, Page 30,
- "to estimate his skill in hydrostatistics or astronomy; ..."
- 1774, Dr Samuel Johnson, Preface to the Works of the English Poets, J. Nichols, Volume II, Page 30,
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