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hydrostatics

branch of fluid mechanics that studies fluids at rest
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hydrostatics

Summary

hydrostatics ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (176 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • hydrostatics is a type of fluid mechanics[2].
  • hydrostatics is part of hydromechanics[3].
  • hydrostatics is part of statics[4].
  • hydrostatics's Commons category is recorded as Fluid statics[5].
  • hydrostatics's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hydrostatics[6].
  • hydrostatics's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fluid statics[7].
  • hydrostatics's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[8].
  • hydrostatics's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
  • hydrostatics's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • hydrostatics's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[11].
  • hydrostatics's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/fluid-statics[12].
  • hydrostatics's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13].
  • hydrostatics's P14541 is recorded as 2azGgz[14].

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Definition and Type

hydrostatics is a type of fluid mechanics[2].

Use and Application

Part of include hydromechanics[3], a branch of mechanics[15] and statics[4], a branch of mechanics[16].

Why It Matters

hydrostatics ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (176 views/month).[1] hydrostatics has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] hydrostatics is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

fluid mechanics

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17h ago · C960657 · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lex id → hydrostatik
    Sitelink count → 69
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'ar', 'ast', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'bs', 'ca', 'cs', 'cv', 'de', 'el',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8313]]: hydrostatik"
  2. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2azGgz
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 14w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id → 3182
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9106]]: 3182, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107285406|hydrostatics (#107285406)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Classical Dicti"
  4. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0360966-hydrostatika
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0360966-hydrostatika, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  5. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → hydromechanics, statics
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → fluid mechanics
    Described by source → Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary +1
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 19211, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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