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Definition of Hydrostatic
1. Adjective. Relating to fluids at rest or to the pressures they exert or transmit. "Hydrostatic pressure"
Definition of Hydrostatic
1. a. Of or relating to hydrostatics; pertaining to, or in accordance with, the principles of the equilibrium of fluids.
Definition of Hydrostatic
1. Adjective. (physics) Of or relating to hydrostatics. ¹
2. Adjective. Of or relating to fluids, especially to the pressure that they exert or transmit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hydrostatic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Hydrostatic
1. Relating to the pressure of fluids or to their properties when in equilibrium. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydrostatic
Literary usage of Hydrostatic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical Jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor (1856)
"Mode of employing the hydrostatic test.—The hydrostatic test has been long ...
When the hydrostatic test is properly applied, and with a full knowledge of ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1901)
"Accepting this view, hydrostatic pressure must be attributed to the ... The questions
arose: do such particles produce hydrostatic pressure ? is that ..."
3. The Elements of Physics: A College Text-book by Edward Leamington Nichols, William Suddards Franklin (1896)
"hydrostatic pressure. — A hydrostatic pressure is a stress having its three pulls
equal. The common value of these pulls is adopted as the measure of the ..."
4. The principles and practice of medical jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor (1873)
"The hydrostatic test has been long known, and various opinions have been ...
When the hydrostatic test is properly applied, and with a full knowledge of the ..."
5. Manual of Petrographic Methods by Albert Johannsen (1918)
"Sollas hydrostatic Float (1891).—Another method of determining the ... By employing
several such hydrostatic floats with different ranges in values, ..."
6. Manual of Petrographic Methods by Albert Johannsen (1918)
"Sollas hydrostatic Float (1891).—Another method of determining the ... By employing
several such hydrostatic floats with different ranges in values, ..."
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