hydrostatic

English

Alternative forms

• hydrostatick (obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wed-

Proto-Indo-European *-r̥

Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥

Proto-Hellenic *údōr

Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)

Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der.

English hydro-

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti

Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi

Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)

Ancient Greek στᾰτῐκός (stătĭkós)der.

Latin staticusder.

English static

English hydrostatic

From hydro- + static.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪdɹəʊˈstætɪk/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

hydrostatic (not comparable)

1. (physics) Of or relating to hydrostatics.
2. Of or relating to fluids, especially to the pressure that they exert or transmit.
   • 1960 June, “The N.B. Loco. Co. diesel-hydraulic Type "2" locomotive”, in Trains Illustrated, page 345:

     [...] the electric fan drive and Drayton regulator temperature control employed on the prototypes have been superseded on the production version by Serck-Behr hydrostatic drive from an engine-driven pump with thermostatically controlled fan speed regulation.

Derived terms

• hydrolock
• hydrostatical
• hydrostatically
• hydrostatic arch
• hydrostatic balance
• hydrostatic bed
• hydrostatic bellows
• hydrostatic equilibrium
• hydrostatic fluid
• hydrostatic head
• hydrostatician
• hydrostaticity
• hydrostatic lock
• hydrostatic loop
• hydrostatic paradox
• hydrostatic press
• hydrostatic pressure
• hydrostatics
• hydrostatic shock
• hydrostatic skeleton
• magnetohydrostatic
• nonhydrostatic
• quasihydrostatic

Related terms

• static

Translations

of or relating to hydrostatics

• Asturian: hidrostáticu
• Belarusian: гідрастаты́чны (hidrastatýčny)
• Catalan: hidrostàtic (ca)
• Czech: hydrostatický
• Danish: hydrostatisk
• Dutch: hydrostatisch (nl)
• Estonian: hüdrostaatiline
• Finnish: hydrostaattinen (fi)
• Galician: hidrostático (gl)
• German: hydrostatisch (de)
• Hungarian: hidrosztatikus (hu)
• Indonesian: hidrostatik, hidrostatis (id)
• Italian: idrostatico (it)
• Kazakh: гидростатикалық (giydrostatıykalıq)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hydrostatisk

  Nynorsk: hydrostatisk

• Polish: hydrostatyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: hidrostático
• Russian: гидростатический (ru) (gidrostatičeskij)
• Spanish: hidrostático (es)
• Swedish: hydrostatisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: гідростати́чний (hidrostatýčnyj)

See also

• hydrodynamic

References

• “hydrostatic”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.