hydrostatics

English

Alternative forms

• hydrostaticks (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-

English statics

English hydrostatics

From hydro- + statics.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ætɪks

Noun

hydrostatics (uncountable)

1. (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; ..."

Derived terms

• hydrostatic

Related terms

• statics

Translations

study

• Catalan: hidrostàtica (ca) f
• Czech: hydrostatika f
• Esperanto: hidrostatiko
• Galician: hidrostática (gl) f
• Greek: υδροστατική (el) f (ydrostatikí)
• Hungarian: hidrosztatika (hu)
• Indonesian: hidrostatika (id)
• Russian: гидроста́тика (ru) f (gidrostátika)
• Tagalog: danumtigilan

See also

• hydrodynamics