Complete Definition of "hydrostatics"

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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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