hydrostatic

Definitions

Examples

• That fabric’s 10,000-millimeter hydrostatic head might keep light rain out, but it simply isn’t enough to withstand a significant storm or the breaking waves you might experience on a boat.

• Those which they describe are those that ended in some definite creations, such as the hydrostatic law enunciated by Archimedes.

• Another invention also utilizing external power, made near the end of the eighteenth century, was the hydrostatic press.

• The water is almost chemically pure, and is forced to a great height by hydrostatic pressure.

• This remarkable result is attained by the use of two devices acting in combination, namely, a hydrostatic valve and a pendulum.

• In many cases filtration may be accelerated by the increase of hydrostatic or pneumatic pressure.