Relating to pressure in still fluids

Usage examples of hydrostatic.

He saw the detached rear compartment settling slowly earthward above the dye cloud, its fall cushioned as the pumps of the hydrostatic drive automatically compensated.

But, in such case doubtless, you can increase the strength of the springs and the hydrostatic valves.

Even a bullet striking a limb resulted in heart-stopping hydrostatic shock, so in order to escape the savages they would probably have to slaughter the majority of them.

He overrode the hydrostatic system and overpressurized the gel surrounding his body.

The hydrostatic subsystem had blown a seal, and pressure was at minimal functional levels.

Her armor smoldered and hydrostatic gel boiled from the emergency release vent along her left side.

It irritated her, yet without that armor with its constant hydrostatic pressure and automated biofoam injectors, John would have literally fallen apart by now.

He could sense it quite clearly, flowing under him, forcing him up in the chamber as the hydrostatic balance was upset.

It must have been a magnum because the hydrostatic shock had knocked the sergeant out and, as Sam rolled him over to look at the exit wound, also small and bleeding only slightly, the sergeant opened his eyes and tried to sit up.

I remember a time when my older brother intended to teach me the greater hydrostatic pressure available to a fifteen year-old than an eleven year-old.

The Nar had no skeletons, but their hydrostatic support system enabled them to put a knee anywhere.

But they remained weak and flaccid, without the hydrostatic stiffening needed for walking.

Now he could see the detached rear compartment settling slowly earthward above the dye cloud, its fall cushioned as the pumps of the hydrostatic drive automatically compensated.

It was clear that there had been some good areologists working for the rebels in those days, finding aquifers and setting off explosions or reactor meltdowns precisely where the hydrostatic pressures were the greatest.

Toward the end of the cycle hydrostatic pressures built up until it exploded, but if harvested in the dry period New Washington corn was high-protein dehydrated food energy, palatable when cooked in water, and good fodder for animals as well.