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51hydrostatic — Relating to the pressure of fluids or to their properties when in equilibrium. * * * hy·dro·stat·ic stat ik adj of or relating to fluids at rest or to the pressures they exert or transmit compare HYDROKINETIC hy·dro·stat·i·cal·ly i k(ə )lē adv *… …
52hydrostatic — hy·dro stat·ic || ‚haɪdrəʊ stætɪk adj. of or pertaining to hydrostatics, of the study of liquids at rest (Physics) …
53hydrostatic — hy·dro·stat·ic …
54hydrostatic — /haɪdrəˈstætɪk/ (say huydruh statik) adjective of or relating to hydrostatics. Also, hydrostatical. –hydrostatically, adverb …
55Hydrostatic head — When generating hydropower, the head is a general term used to describe the distance that a given water source has to fall before the point where power is generated. Ultimately the force responsible for hydropower is gravity, so a… …
56hydrostatic organs — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In some larval Culicidae, pigmented, crecent shaped organs found laterally on the thorax and near the tail …
57hydrostatic paradox — noun 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 …
58hydrostatic pressure — noun The pressure equivalent to that exerted on a surface by a column of water of a given height …
59hydrostatic skeleton — noun a fluid filled cavity that surrounds the soft bodies of certain invertebrates such as jellyfish …
60hydrostatic accouchement — the management of normal labour with the mother partially immersed in a water bath …
