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fluid mechanics

n. (used with a sing. verb)

The branch of mechanics that is concerned with the properties of gases and liquids.

fluid mechanics

(Physics / General Physics) (functioning as singular) the study of the mechanical and flow properties of fluids, esp as they apply to practical engineering Also called hydraulics See also hydrodynamics, hydrostatics, hydrokinetics

fluid mechanics

The scientific study of the mechanical properties of fluids, especially their behavior when subject to internal and external forces. Compare aerodynamics hydrodynamics

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fluid mechanics - study of the mechanics of fluids

hydraulics

mechanics - the branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies in a frame of reference

hydrostatics - study of the mechanical properties of fluids that are not in motion

hydrodynamics, hydrokinetics - study of fluids in motion

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fluid mechanics (redirected from Fluid dynamicist)

fluid mechanics
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