- (functioning as singular) the study of the mechanical and flow properties of fluids, esp as they apply to practical engineeringAlso called: hydraulics
See also hydrodynamics, hydrostatics, hydrokinetics
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flu′id mechan′ics,
- Hydraulics, Mechanicsan applied science dealing with the basic principles of gaseous and liquid matter. Cf. fluid dynamics.
- 1940–45
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fluid mechanics n
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