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hydrostatics

noun

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- English statics English hydrostatics From hydro- + statics.

  1. derived from hydro- English statics English hydrostatics From hydro- + statics

Definitions

  1. The scientific study of fluids at rest, especially when under pressure.

    • 1774, Dr Samuel Johnson, Preface to the Works of the English Poets, J. Nichols, Volume II, Page 30, "to estimate his skill in hydrostatistics or astronomy; ..."

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at hydrostatics. 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 hydrostatics. 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 hydrostatics

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

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