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HYDROSTATIC EQUILIBRIUM

Specialty Definition: HYDROSTATIC EQUILIBRIUM

Domain	Definition
Aerospace	1. The state of a fluid whose surfaces of constant pressure and constant mass (or density) coincide and are horizontal throughout. Complete balance exists between the force of gravity and the pressure force. See hydrostatic equation.2. Of a rotating body, a state in which the body maintains, or returns to, the figure generated by this rotation in spite of small disturbances. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Hydrostatic equilibrium

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Hydrostatic equilibrium occurs when compression due to gravity is balanced by outward pressure.

Fluids

The Hydrostatic equilibrium pertains to hydrostatics and the principles of equilibrium of fluids. A Hydrostatic balance is a particular balance for weighing substances in water. Hydrostatic balance allow the discovery of their specific gravities.

Physics

In astrophysics, any given layer of a star, there is a balance between the thermal pressure (outward) and the weight of the material above pressing downward (inward). This balance is called hydrostatic equilibrium. A star is like a balloon. In a balloon the gas inside the balloon pushes outward and the elastic material supplies just enough inward compression to balance the gas pressure. In a star the star's internal gravity supplies the inward compression. Gravity compresses the star into the most compact shape possible: a sphere. Stars are round because gravity attracts everything in an object to the center.

In physics, Hydrostatic equilibrium also explains why Earth's atmosphere does not collapse to a very thin layer on the ground and how the tires on your car or bicyle are able to support the weight of your vehicle.

See also: Statics

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hydrostatic equilibrium."

Crosswords: HYDROSTATIC EQUILIBRIUM

Specialty definitions using "HYDROSTATIC EQUILIBRIUM": saturation-adiabatic lapse rate. (references)

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Alternative Orthography: HYDROSTATIC EQUILIBRIUM

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 59 44 52 4F 53 54 41 54 49 43 45 51 55 49 4C 49 42 52 49 55 4D

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01011001 01000100 01010010 01001111 01010011 01010100 01000001 01010100 01001001 01000011 00100000 01000101 01010001 01010101 01001001 01001100 01001001 01000010 01010010 01001001 01010101 01001101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0059 0044 0052 004F 0053 0054 0041 0054 0049 0043 0045 0051 0055 0049 004C 0049 0042 0052 0049 0055 004D

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

425938524953543554433723951554346433652435547

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