First Known Use: 1666
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hydrostatic
adjective hy·dro·stat·ic \ˌhī-drə-ˈsta-tik\
Definition of HYDROSTATIC
: of or relating to fluids at rest or to the pressures they exert or transmit — compare hydrokinetic
— hy·dro·stat·i·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
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Origin of HYDROSTATIC
probably from New Latin hydrostaticus, from hydr- + staticus static
Rhymes with HYDROSTATIC
achromatic, acrobatic, aerobatic, anabatic, antistatic, aromatic, Asiatic, astigmatic, autocratic, automatic, bureaucratic, charismatic, cinematic, democratic, diplomatic, Eleatic, emblematic, enzymatic, Hanseatic, hieratic, Hippocratic, kerygmatic, kleptocratic, melismatic, mobocratic, monocratic, morganatic, numismatic, operatic, phallocratic, photostatic, plutocratic, pre-Socratic, problematic, programmatic, symptomatic, systematic, technocratic, theocratic, thermostatic, undogmatic, undramatic
Medical Dictionary
hydrostatic
adjective hy·dro·stat·ic \-ˈstat-ik\
Medical Definition of HYDROSTATIC
: of or relating to fluids at rest or to the pressures they exert or transmit—compare hydrokinetic
—hy·dro·stat·i·cal·ly \-i-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
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