hydrostatics
nounEtymology From hydro- + statics.
1
Natural sciences, Physical sciences, 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; ..."
- Derived terms
- hydrostatic
- Related terms
- statics, hydrodynamics