hydrostatic

adj
/ˌhaɪdɹəʊˈstætɪk/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi Ancient Greek ῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek στᾰτῐκός (stătĭkós)der. Latin staticusder. English static English hydrostatic From hydro- + static.

  1. derived from staticusder

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to hydrostatics.

  2. Of or relating to fluids, especially to the pressure that they exert or transmit.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at hydrostatic. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at hydrostatic. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at hydrostatic

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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