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Definition of Hydromechanics
1. n. That branch of physics which treats of the mechanics of liquids, or of their laws of equilibrium and of motion.
Definition of Hydromechanics
1. Noun. (physics) fluid mechanics, especially when dealing with water ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hydromechanics
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Medical Definition of Hydromechanics
1. That branch of physics which treats of the mechanics of liquids, or of their laws of equilibrium and of motion. Origin: Hydro-, 1 + mechanics. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydromechanics
Literary usage of Hydromechanics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1884)
"A treatise on hydromechanics. Part t., hydrostatics. ... It is perhaps superfluous
to speak of the important place which the subject of hydromechanics ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Under hydromechanics will be found a general discussion of the subject as a branch
of mathematical physics ; here we shall limit our attention mainly to the ..."
3. An Introduction to the Use of Generalized Coördinates in Mechanics and Physics by William Elwood Byerly (1916)
"The energy of the moving liquid, calculated by the aid of hydromechanics, proves
to be J m'd?, where m' is one half the mass of the liquid displaced by the ..."
4. Treatise on Hydraulics by Mansfield Merriman, Thaddeus Merriman (1916)
"Art. 183 CHAPTER 15 NAVAL hydromechanics ART. 183. GENERAL PRINCIPLES In this
chapter is to be discussed in a brief and elementary manner the subject of the ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The practical application of hydromechanics forms the province of hydraulics (qv).
• :'4b*iiur i« húmido, about 250 BC, and were afterwards applied ..."
6. The Elements of Physics: A College Text-book by Edward Leamington Nichols, William Suddards Franklin (1896)
"hydromechanics. I. FLUIDS AT REST ; HYDROSTATICS. 166. Pressure in a fluid.
— A fluid is a substance which when at rest can sustain no stress other than ..."
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