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hy·dro·stat·ic

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hydrostaticadjective

    relating to fluids at rest or to the pressures they exert or transmit

    "hydrostatic pressure"

Wiktionary

  1. hydrostaticadjective

    Of or relating to hydrostatics.

  2. hydrostaticadjective

    Of or relating to fluids, especially to the pressure that they exert or transmit.

Wikipedia

  1. hydrostatic

    Fluid statics or hydrostatics is the branch of fluid mechanics that studies the condition of the equilibrium of a floating body and submerged body "fluids at hydrostatic equilibrium and the pressure in a fluid, or exerted by a fluid, on an immersed body".It encompasses the study of the conditions under which fluids are at rest in stable equilibrium as opposed to fluid dynamics, the study of fluids in motion. Hydrostatics is a subcategory of fluid statics, which is the study of all fluids, both compressible or incompressible, at rest. Hydrostatics is fundamental to hydraulics, the engineering of equipment for storing, transporting and using fluids. It is also relevant to geophysics and astrophysics (for example, in understanding plate tectonics and the anomalies of the Earth's gravitational field), to meteorology, to medicine (in the context of blood pressure), and many other fields. Hydrostatics offers physical explanations for many phenomena of everyday life, such as why atmospheric pressure changes with altitude, why wood and oil float on water, and why the surface of still water is always level according to the curvature of the earth.

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  1. hydrostatic

    Hydrostatic refers to the study or application of a fluid at rest under the exertion of pressure or relating to the pressure exerted by a fluid that is not in motion. It also pertains to the balance or equilibrium in a fluid or the pressure applied by a fluid due to force of gravity.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Hydrostaticadjective

    alt. of Hydrostatical

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hydrostatic in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hydrostatic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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