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hydrostat

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hydrostat [ˈhaɪdrəʊˌstæt]
n
(Engineering / General Engineering) a device that detects the presence of water as a prevention against drying out, overflow, etc., esp one used as a warning in a steam boiler


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This plasticity theory has a yield surface that is a paraboloid of revolution about the hydrostat with a planar cap on the normally open end.
And he notes that the muscular hydrostat idea has already reshaped physiologists' thinking about how the human heart expands after contraction.
 
 
 
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