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HYDROSTATICS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Study of the mechanical properties of fluids that are not in motion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("hydrostatics" is a kind of...):
fluid mechanics; hydraulics (study of the mechanics of fluids)
Domain member category:
Archimedes' principle; law of Archimedes ((hydrostatics) the apparent loss in weight of a body immersed in a fluid is equal to the weight of the displaced fluid)
principle of liquid displacement ((hydrostatics) the volume of a body immersed in a fluid is equal to the volume of the displaced fluid)
Derivation:
hydrostatic (relating to fluids at rest or to the pressures they exert or transmit)
