Meanings
nounhydrostatics (uncountable)
alternative hydrostaticks
- uncountablenatural sciencesThe 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; ..."
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*wed-
- Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
- Proto-Hellenic*údōr
- Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
- Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
- Englishhydro-
- Englishstatics
- Englishhydrostatics
Translations
Catalan hidrostàtica
- hidrostàticastudy
Czech hydrostatika
- hydrostatikastudy
Esperanto hidrostatiko
- hidrostatikostudy
Greek υδροστατική
- υδροστατική (ydrostatikí)study
Hungarian hidrosztatika
- hidrosztatikastudy
Indonesian hidrostatika
- hidrostatikastudy
Polish hydrostatyka
- hydrostatykastudy
Russian гидроста́тика
- гидроста́тика (gidrostátika)study
Tagalog danumtigilan
- danumtigilanstudy
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with hydrostatics
mathematicsinformaticsaquaticssystematicstelematicskinematicsstaticspneumaticspragmaticsgeomaticsacrobaticsnumismaticsaerobaticscinematicsdogmaticssomaticschromaticsaquabaticsbiostaticsdiplomaticsgeostaticsglossematicsgrammaticsgyrostatics
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
hydrostatics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrostatics
MLA
“hydrostatics.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrostatics. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hydrostatics,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrostatics.
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