hydrodynamics

English

Alternative forms

• hydro-dynamics

Etymology

From hydro- +‎ dynamics.

Noun

hydrodynamics (uncountable)

1. (physics) The scientific study of liquids in motion.

   Hypernyms: fluid dynamics < dynamics

   Coordinate term: aerodynamics

   He specializes in hydrodynamics.

2. The phenomena thus studied.

   Hypernyms: fluid dynamics < dynamics

   Coordinate term: aerodynamics

   The hydrodynamics of a hovercraft are fascinating.

   This type of valve doesn't have the right hydrodynamics to achieve what they're trying to achieve.

Derived terms

• ecohydrodynamics
• elastohydrodynamics
• electrohydrodynamics
• magnetohydrodynamics
• microhydrodynamics

Related terms

• hydrodynamic

Translations

study of fluids in motion

• Asturian: hidrodinámica f
• Belarusian: гідрадына́міка f (hidradynámika)
• Bulgarian: хидродинамика f (hidrodinamika)
• Catalan: hidrodinàmica f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 流体动力学 (zh) (liútǐ dònglìxué)

• Danish: hydrodynamik c
• Dutch: hydrodynamica (nl), waterstromingsleer f
• Finnish: hydrodynamiikka (fi), nestedynamiikka
• Galician: hidrodinámica (gl) f
• German: Hydrodynamik
• Hungarian: hidrodinamika (hu)
• Japanese: 流体力学 (ja), 水力学 (ja)
• Polish: hydrodynamika f
• Romanian: hidrodinamică (ro) f
• Russian: гидродина́мика (ru) f (gidrodinámika)
• Spanish: hidrodinámica (es) f
• Swedish: hydrodynamik (sv) c
• Tagalog: danum-isigan
• Ukrainian: гідродина́міка f (hidrodynámika)
• Vietnamese: thủy động lực học (vi), thuỷ động lực học (vi)

See also

• hydrostatics