hydrostatic lock
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English
30
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A condition that arises when a device which compresses gases seizes up because of the infiltration of liquid, which prevents further compression.
Uncountable
noun
A lock for raising and lowering boats on a canal or waterway that operates by using pressurized water to flood or drain the level inside the lock.
Countable
verb
To seize up because liquid has infiltrated a mechanism for compressing gasses.
Example Sentences
- "When hydrostatic lock is suspected or exists, stop cranking immediately and notify unit maintenance."
- "If the engine does not rotate, it may be seized due to its being operated with no oil, broken engine components, or hydrostatic lock."
- "Cavitated liners can also leak combustion gases into the cooling system, but they tend to produce hydrostatic locks after the engine is shut down when hot."
- "After an empty boat has been once weighed, she is numbered, and her weight is registered at the several hydrostatic locks."
- "This navigation system was possible due to Josiah White's invention of hydrostatic locks, which increased the river depth by creating small artificial floods."
- "The canal employed a series of hydrostatic locks—also called bear traps—that would create an “artificial flood” that changed water levels, allowing the barges to flow freely in either direction."
Usage
Inflected Forms
hydrostatic locks (plural)
hydrostatic locks (present, singular)
hydrostatic locking (participle, present)
hydrostatic locked (participle, past)
hydrostatic locked (past)