Phrase Hound found 15 phrases and 5 compound words that contain hydrostatic. The most common are listed below. Open hydrostatic in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 15
- hydrostatic lockA condition that arises when a device which compresses gases seizes up because of the infiltration of liquid, which prevents further compression.
- hydrostatic equilibriumThe condition in which the shape of a liquid body is in long-term (static) equilibrium under the forces acting on it.
- hydrostatic balanceA device for weighing bodies in water to determine their specific gravity.
- hydrostatic paradoxThe proposition in hydrostatics that any quantity of water, however small, may be made to counterbalance any weight, however great; or the law of the equality of pressure of fluids in all directions.
- hydrostatic pressureThe pressure equivalent to that exerted on a surface by a column of water of a given height.
- hydrostatic skeletona fluid-filled cavity that surrounds the soft bodies of certain invertebrates such as jellyfish
- hydrostatic pressure relief systemA system of drains and moisture barriers used to regulate the hydrostatic pressure in the earth surrounding a below-grade structure.
- hydrostatic balancesplural of hydrostatic balance: A device for weighing bodies in water to determine their specific gravity.
- hydrostatic bellowsA device for illustrating the law that fluid pressure is proportional to area.
- hydrostatic equilibriaplural of hydrostatic equilibrium: The condition in which the shape of a liquid body is in long-term (static) equilibrium under the forces acting on it.
- hydrostatic locksplural of hydrostatic lock: A condition that arises when a device which compresses gases seizes up because of the infiltration of liquid, which prevents further compression.
- hydrostatic pressuresplural of hydrostatic pressure: The pressure equivalent to that exerted on a surface by a column of water of a given height.
- hydrostatic skeletonsplural of hydrostatic skeleton: a fluid-filled cavity that surrounds the soft bodies of certain invertebrates such as jellyfish
- non-hydrostaticAlternative form of nonhydrostatic: Not caused by hydrostatics
- hydrostatic pressure relief systemsplural of hydrostatic pressure relief system: A system of drains and moisture barriers used to regulate the hydrostatic pressure in the earth surrounding a below-grade structure.
Compound words 5
- nonhydrostaticNot caused by hydrostatics
- hydrostaticallyIn a hydrostatic manner
- hydrostaticianSomeone versed or skilled in hydrostatics.
- magnetohydrostaticDescribing the properties of a fluid in a magnetic field
- quasihydrostaticTreated as hydrostatic in nature, by ignoring other effects