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HYDROSTATIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Example:

hydrostatic pressure

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Antonym:

hydrokinetic (relating to fluids in motion or the forces that produce or affect such motion)

Pertainym:

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

Derivation:

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

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