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PRINCIPLE OF LIQUID DISPLACEMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(hydrostatics) the volume of a body immersed in a fluid is equal to the volume of the displaced fluid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("principle of liquid displacement" is a kind of...):
principle; rule (a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system)
Domain category:
hydrostatics (study of the mechanical properties of fluids that are not in motion)