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hydrodynamics

[ hahy-droh-dahy-nam-iks, -di- ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)
  1. the branch of fluid dynamics that deals with liquids, including hydrostatics and hydrokinetics.


hydrodynamics

/ -dɪ-; ˌhaɪdrəʊdaɪˈnæmɪks /

noun

  1. Also calledhydromechanics functioning as singular the branch of science concerned with the mechanical properties of fluids, esp liquids See also hydrokinetics hydrostatics
  2. another name for hydrokinetics
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


hydrodynamics

/ hī′drō-dī-nămĭks /

  1. The scientific study of the motion of fluids, especially noncompressible liquids, under the influence of internal and external forces. Hydrodynamics is a branch of fluid mechanics and has many applications in engineering.
  2. Compare aerodynamics


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The proof given is that now usually repeated in text-books of hydrodynamics.

Thomson devoted great attention from time to time to the science of hydrodynamics.

This subject is often explained in connection with hydrodynamics.

But it is precisely the motion of these particles that the student of hydrodynamics desires to be able to trace.

Equations with several dependent variables occur in Elasticity, Electrodynamics, and Hydrodynamics.

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