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FLUID MECHANICS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Study of the mechanics of fluids
Synonyms:
fluid mechanics; hydraulics
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("fluid mechanics" is a kind of...):
mechanics (the branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies in a frame of reference)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fluid mechanics"):
hydrostatics (study of the mechanical properties of fluids that are not in motion)
hydrodynamics; hydrokinetics (study of fluids in motion)
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