hydrostatics

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Hydrostatics

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Alternative forms

• hydrostaticks (obsolete)

Noun

hydrostatics (uncountable)

1. (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; ..."

Translations

• Hungarian: hidrosztatika (hu)

Related terms

• statics

Derived terms

• hydrostatic

See also

• hydrodynamics