| fluid mechanics n. (used with a sing. verb) The branch of mechanics that is concerned with the properties of gases and liquids. |
fluid mechanics
n
(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 aerodynamicshydrodynamics |
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| Noun | 1. |  fluid mechanics - study of the mechanics of fluids 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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