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HYDROSTATIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to fluids at rest or to the pressures they exert or transmit
Example:
hydrostatic pressure
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Antonym:
hydrokinetic (relating to fluids in motion or the forces that produce or affect such motion)
Pertainym:
hydrostatics (study of the mechanical properties of fluids that are not in motion)
Derivation:
hydrostatics (study of the mechanical properties of fluids that are not in motion)
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