Hydrostatics

thumb|right|250px|Table of Hydraulics and Hydrostatics, from the 1728 Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences|Cyclopædia

principle in fluid mechanics

in fluid mechanics, state in which compression due to gravity is balanced by a pressure gradient which creates a pressure gradient force in the opposite direction

set of containers containing a homogeneous fluid

pressure due to weight of a fluid at rest

potential energy of water per unit volume relative to pure water in reference conditions; the tendency of water to move from one area to another due to osmosis, gravity, mechanical pressure and matrix effects

Roman mining technique