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PASCAL'S LAW
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pressure applied anywhere to a body of fluid causes a force to be transmitted equally in all directions; the force acts at right angles to any surface in contact with the fluid
Example:
the hydraulic press is an application of Pascal's law
Synonyms:
Pascal's law; Pascal's law of fluid pressures
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Pascal's law" is a kind of...):
law; law of nature (a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature)
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