Meanings
adjectivequasihydrostatic (not comparable)
- not comparableTreated as hydrostatic in nature, by ignoring other effects
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷís
- Proto-Italic*kʷis
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷos
- Proto-Italic*kʷoi
- Latinquam
- Proto-Indo-European*só
- Proto-Italic*sei
- Latinsī
- Latinquasī̆
- Englishquasi-
- 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
- Englishquasihydrostatic
From quasi- + hydrostatic.
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APA
quasihydrostatic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quasihydrostatic
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“quasihydrostatic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quasihydrostatic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quasihydrostatic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quasihydrostatic.
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