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fluid mechanics
n. (used with a sing. verb)
The scientific study of the mechanical properties of gases and liquids.
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fluid mechanics
n
(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
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flu′id mechan′ics
n.
an applied science dealing with the basic principles of gaseous and liquid matter.
[1940–45]
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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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