English Noun hydrostatics #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; ..." See also hydrodynamics
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