SINCE 1828
Archimedes' principle
noun
Ar·chi·me·des' principle
variants:
or less commonly
Archimedes' Principle
\ ˌär-kə-ˈmē-(ˌ)dēz-ˈprin(t)-sə-pəl ,
-bəl
\
Definition of Archimedes' principle
: a law of fluid mechanics: a body while wholly or partly immersed in a fluid apparently loses weight by an amount equal to that of the fluid displaced
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