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Definition of Hydrokinetics
1. Noun. Study of fluids in motion.
Generic synonyms: Fluid Mechanics, Hydraulics
Specialized synonyms: Magnetohydrodynamics
Derivative terms: Hydrodynamic, Hydrokinetic
Definition of Hydrokinetics
1. Noun. (physics) The branch of physics concerned with the movement of fluids ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Hydrokinetics
1. That branch of kinetics concerned with fluids in motion. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydrokinetics
Literary usage of Hydrokinetics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hydraulics by Horace Williams King, Chester Owen Wisler (1922)
"CHAPTER VI PRINCIPLES OF hydrokinetics 37. Introductory.—The principles relating
to the behavior of water or other liquids at rest are based upon certain ..."
2. Hydraulics by Robert Long Daugherty (1919)
"CHAPTER V hydrokinetics 39. Actual and Ideal Conditions.—From the standpoint of
pure mechanics the subject of hydrokinetics is rather unsatisfactory. ..."
3. Mechanics of Engineering: Comprising Statics and Kinetics of Solids; the by Irving Porter Church (1908)
"... between the indications of the formulae resulting from this theory and the
actual results of practice; so that the science of hydrokinetics is ..."
4. Newton's Laws of Motion by Peter Guthrie Tait (1899)
"hydrokinetics. 65. In a frictionless fluid any little element usually has its
form changed, from instant to instant, by a pure strain. But two pure strains, ..."
5. Elements of Hydraulics by Stephen Elmer Slocum (1915)
"SECTION II hydrokinetics 8. FLOW OF WATER FROM RESERVOIRS AND TANKS Stream Line.—In
the case of a flowing liquid, the path followed by any particle of the ..."
6. Elements of Hydraulics by Stephen Elmer Slocum (1915)
"SECTION II hydrokinetics 8. FLOW OF WATER FROM RESERVOIRS AND TANKS Stream Line.—In
the case of a flowing liquid, the path followed by any particle of the ..."
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