hydrostatic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective relating to fluids at rest or to the pressures they exert or transmit
    • hydrostatic pressure

WordNet

Hy`dro*stat"ic, Hy`dro*stat"ic*al adjective (Also<
  • Hydrostatic
  • Hydrostatical
)
Etymology
Hydro-, 1 + Gr. causing to stand: cf. F. hydrostatique. See Static.
Definitions
  1. Of or relating to hydrostatics; pertaining to, or in accordance with, the principles of the equilibrium of fluids.
    The first discovery made in hydrostatics since the time of Archimedes is due to Stevinus. Hallam.

Webster 1913