Hydrodynamics

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  • noun. The branch of science that deals with the dynamics of fluids, especially incompressible fluids, in motion.
  • noun. The dynamics of fluids in motion.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The mathematical theory of the application of the principles of dynamics to fluids.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. That branch of the science of mechanics which relates to fluids, or, as usually limited, which treats of the laws of motion and action of nonelastic fluids, whether as investigated mathematically, or by observation and experiment; the principles of dynamics, as applied to water and other fluids.
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  • noun. the scientific study of fluids in motion
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  • noun. study of fluids in motion
  • Word Usage
    "Furthermore, magneto-hydrodynamics is important in discussing the problem of how the central body in a plasma cloud can develop into a sun and system of planets, or in investigations of stability conditions for a plasma consisting of electrons and ions moving at relativistic velocities interacting with cosmic fields."
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