Meanings
adjectivenonhydrostatic (not comparable)
- not comparableNot caused by hydrostatics
Using a three-dimensional nonhydrostatic general circulation model, we investigate the response of the thermosphere-ionosphere system to the 5-6 August 2011 major geomagnetic storm.
2015, Erdal Yiğit, Harald U. Frey, Mark B. Moldwin, Thomas J. Immel, Aaron J. Ridley, “Hemispheric Differences in the Response of the Upper Atmosphere to the August 2011 Geomagnetic Storm: A Simulation Study”, in arXiv
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Germanic*ne
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Germanic*ainaz
- Proto-Germanic*nainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*nain
- Old Englishnān
- Middle Englishnon
- Old Englishnān
- Old Englishnān-
- Middle Englishnon-
- Englishnon-
- Proto-Indo-European*wed-
- Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
- Proto-Hellenic*údōr
- Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
- Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
- Englishhydro-
- Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*stísteh₂ti
- Proto-Hellenic*hístāmi
- Ancient Greekἵστημι (hístēmi)
- Ancient Greekστᾰτῐκός (stătĭkós)
- Latinstaticus
- Englishstatic
- Englishhydrostatic
- Englishnonhydrostatic
From non- + hydrostatic.
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APA
nonhydrostatic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonhydrostatic
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“nonhydrostatic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonhydrostatic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonhydrostatic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonhydrostatic.
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