Pascal's law (redirected from Pascal's principle)

Pascal's law  (p-sklz, pä-skälz)

The principle that external static pressure exerted on a fluid is distributed evenly throughout the fluid. Differences in static pressure within a fluid thus arise only from sources within the fluid (such as the fluid's own weight, as in the case of atmospheric pressure).

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Pascal's law - pressure applied anywhere to a body of fluid causes a force to be transmitted equally in all directions; the force acts at right angles to any surface in contact with the fluid; "the hydraulic press is an application of Pascal's law" Pascal's law of fluid pressures law of nature, law - a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; "the laws of thermodynamics"