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Definition of Hydrostat
1. n. A contrivance or apparatus to prevent the explosion of steam boilers.
2. n. A device, usually electrical, for indicating or regulating the height of water in a reservoir or receptacle.
Definition of Hydrostat
1. Noun. a device that automatically responds to drops in humidity by adding moisture to the air to maintain the humidity at a desired setting, similar to how a thermostat works for temperature. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hydrostat
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Hydrostat
1. A device for regulating water level. Origin: hydro-+ G. Statikos, causing to stand (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydrostat
Literary usage of Hydrostat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bottom of the Sea by Léon Sonrel (1875)
"His " Submarine hydrostat" possesses the immense advantage of being capable, ...
The interior of the hydrostat consists of three principal compartments. ..."
2. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William B. Dana (1853)
"<-sity of an effectual safety apparatus for steam boiler;, has induced us to call
the attention of our readers to an instrument styled the hydrostat. ..."
3. A Complete pronouncing medical dictionary by Joseph Thomas (1885)
"hydrostat'ic Bed. Otherwise called a Water Bed. A kind of bed or trough, ...
hydrostat'ic Test. The putting the lungs of a dead child in water, to ascertain ..."
4. The treasury of knowledge and library of reference by Samuel Maunder, Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward (1859)
"... hydrostat'ical, a. relating to hydrostatics hydrostat'ically, ad. according to
hydrostatics hydrostat'ics, s. pi. the science which investigates the ..."
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