Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hydrostatic equilibrium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English

Syllables: hy-dro-stat-ic e-qui-lib-ri-um
IPA

44

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

8

Syllables

16

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The condition in which the shape of a liquid body is in long-term (static) equilibrium under the forces acting on it.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The state in which a sufficiently massive or warm solid body has relaxed under its own gravity into the plastic shape that it would have if it were liquid, apart possibly from rigid features in the crust.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

hydrostatic equilibria (plural)

Questions

What does hydrostatic equilibrium mean?: The condition in which the shape of a liquid body is in long-term (static) equilibrium under the forces acting on it.

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