Crossword clues for hydrostatic
hydrostatic
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hydrostatic \Hy`dro*stat"ic\, Hydrostatical \Hy`dro*stat"ic*al\, a. [Hydro-, 1 + Gr. ? causing to stand: cf. F. hydrostatique. See Static.] Of or relating to hydrostatics; pertaining to, or in accordance with, the principles of the equilibrium of fluids.
The first discovery made in hydrostatics since the time
of Archimedes is due to Stevinus.
--Hallam.
Hydrostatic balance, a balance for weighing substances in water, for the purpose of ascertaining their specific gravities.
Hydrostatic bed, a water bed.
Hydrostatic bellows, an apparatus consisting of a water-tight bellowslike case with a long, upright tube, into which water may be poured to illustrate the hydrostatic paradox.
Hydrostatic paradox, the proposition in hydrostatics that any quantity of water, however small, may be made to counterbalance any weight, however great; or the law of the equality of pressure of fluids in all directions.
Hydrostatic press, a machine in which great force, with slow motion, is communicated to a large plunger by means of water forced into the cylinder in which it moves, by a forcing pump of small diameter, to which the power is applied, the principle involved being the same as in the hydrostatic bellows. Also called hydraulic press, and Bramah press. In the illustration, a is a pump with a small plunger b, which forces the water into the cylinder c, thus driving upward the large plunder d, which performs the reduced work, such as compressing cotton bales, etc.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
a. 1 (context physics English) Of or relating to hydrostatics. 2 Of or relating to fluids, especially to the pressure that they exert or transmit.
WordNet
adj. relating to fluids at rest or to the pressures they exert or transmit; "hydrostatic pressure" [ant: hydrokinetic]
Wikipedia
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.