Hȳ'dro-stăt'ics, n. sing.

nounsingular

[Fr. hydrostatique.] That branch of science which relates to the pressure and equilibrium of non-elastic fluids, as water, mercury, &c.; the principles of statics applied to water and other liquids. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]

A diagram of a hydrostatic press, showing a large piston connected by a narrow pipe to a smaller piston. — Hydrostatic Press. — Fig. 1.