hydrostatics
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- hydrostaticks (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
hydrostatics (uncountable)
- (physics) The scientific study of fluids at rest, especially when under pressure.
- 1774, Dr Samuel Johnson, Preface to the Works of the English Poets, J. Nichols, Volume II, Page 30,
- "to estimate his skill in hydrostatistics or astronomy; ..."
- 1774, Dr Samuel Johnson, Preface to the Works of the English Poets, J. Nichols, Volume II, Page 30,
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study
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