HYDROSTATIC


Meaning of HYDROSTATIC in English

| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+|stad.]ik, -at], ]ēk adjective

also hy·dro·stat·i·cal -]ə̇kəl, ]ēk-

Etymology: hydrostatic probably from New Latin hydrostaticus, from hydr- + staticus static; hydrostatical probably from New Latin hydrostatic us + English -al — more at static

: of or relating to liquids at rest or to the pressures they exert or transmit — opposed to hydrokinetic

• hy·dro·stat·i·cal·ly ]ə̇k(ə)lē, ]ēk-, -li\ adverb

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.