hydrostatic

hy·dro·stat·ic

adj \ˌhī-drə-ˈsta-tik\

Definition of HYDROSTATIC

: of or relating to fluids at rest or to the pressures they exert or transmit — compare hydrokinetic

— hy·dro·stat·i·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

Origin of HYDROSTATIC

probably from New Latin hydrostaticus, from hydr- + staticus static

First Known Use: 1666

Rhymes with HYDROSTATIC

achromatic, acrobatic, aerobatic, anabatic, antistatic, aromatic, Asiatic, astigmatic, autocratic, automatic, bureaucratic, charismatic, cinematic, democratic, diplomatic, Eleatic, emblematic, enzymatic, Hanseatic, hieratic, Hippocratic, kerygmatic, kleptocratic, melismatic, mobocratic, monocratic, morganatic, numismatic, operatic, phallocratic, photostatic, plutocratic, pre-Socratic, problematic, programmatic, symptomatic, systematic, technocratic, theocratic, thermostatic, undogmatic, undramatic