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noun
The scientific study of liquids in motion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fluid dynamics, dynamics
noun
The phenomena thus studied.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fluid dynamics, dynamics
noun
study of fluids in motion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: hydrokinetics
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fluid mechanics, hydraulics
Narrower terms: magnetohydrodynamics
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- Proto-Indo-European *dewh2-der. Proto-Hellenic *dunamai Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai) Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós)lbor. French dynamiqueder. English dynamic Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English -ics English dynamics English hydrodynamics From hydro- + dynamics.
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