hydrostatic equilibrium (English, noun)
expansion: hydrostatic equilibrium (countable and uncountable, plural hydrostatic equilibria)
Senses:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The condition in which the shape of a liquid body is in long-term (static) equilibrium under the forces acting on it.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The state in which a sufficiently massive or warm solid body has relaxed under its own gravity into the plastic shape that it would have if it were liquid, apart possibly from rigid features in the crust.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: hydrostatic equilibria
tags: plural