hydrostatics

hydrostatics

English

Alternative forms

• hydrostaticks (obsolete)

Etymology

hydro- +‎ statics

Noun

hydrostatics (uncountable)

1. (physics) The scientific study of fluids at rest, especially when under pressure.
   • 1774, Dr Samuel Johnson, Preface to the Works of the English Poets, J. Nichols, Volume II, Page 30,

     "to estimate his skill in hydrostatistics or astronomy; ..."

Derived terms

• hydrostatic

Related terms

• statics

Translations

study

Catalan: hidrostàtica (ca) f Czech: hydrostatika f Galician: hidrostática (gl) f Greek: υδροστατική (el) f (ydrostatikí)

Hungarian: hidrosztatika Russian: гидроста́тика (ru) f (gidrostátika) Tagalog: danumtigilan

See also

• hydrodynamics