Pertaining to or in accordance with the principles of the equilibrium of fluids; relating to hydrostatics. Also hydrostatical.
In phytogeography, taking place under conditions of substantially uniform wetness: said of a succession of vegetations.
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Of or relating to hydrostatics; pertaining to, or in accordance with, the principles of the equilibrium of fluids.
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a balance for weighing substances in water, for the purpose of ascertaining their specific gravities.
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a water bed.
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an apparatus consisting of a water-tight bellowslike case with a long, upright tube, into which water may be poured to illustrate the hydrostatic paradox.
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the proposition in hydrostatics that any quantity of water, however small, may be made to counterbalance any weight, however great; or the law of the equality of pressure of fluids in all directions.
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a machine in which great force, with slow motion, is communicated to a large plunger by means of water forced into the cylinder in which it moves, by a forcing pump of small diameter, to which the power is applied, the principle involved being the same as in the hydrostatic bellows. Also called hydraulic press, and Bramah press. In the illustration, a is a pump with a small plunger b, which forces the water into the cylinder c, thus driving upward the large plunder d, which performs the reduced work, such as compressing cotton bales, etc.
adjective.
Of or relating to fluids, especially to the pressure that they exert or transmit.
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adjective.
relating to fluids at rest or to the pressures they exert or transmit
Word Usage
"Phoenixville Ironworks, is thus described: 'The principle on which it acts is that of hydrostatic pressure, or, more properly, _hydrostatic resistance_."