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D'Alembert's paradox

D'Alembert's paradox is the alternative form of d'Alembert's paradox.

Proper noun capitalized: d'Alembert's paradox

d'Alembert's paradox

  1. The contradiction that, for incompressible and inviscid potential flow, the drag force is zero on a body moving with constant velocity relative to the fluid.
    Synonyms:
    hydrodynamic paradox

Synonyms of D'Alembert's paradox

  • hydrodynamic paradox

Forms of D'Alembert's paradox

alternative formD'Alembert's paradox

Origin of D'Alembert's paradox

Observed in 1752 by French mathematician Jean le Rond d'Alembert.

Questions about D'Alembert's paradox

What does D'Alembert's paradox mean?
D'Alembert's paradox means the contradiction that, for incompressible and inviscid potential flow, the drag force is zero on a body moving with constant velocity relative to the fluid.
What is D'Alembert's paradox the alternative form of?
D'Alembert's paradox is the alternative form of d'Alembert's paradox.
What part of speech is D'Alembert's paradox?
D'Alembert's paradox is a proper noun.

Words near D'Alembert's paradox in the dictionary

  1. D'Alembert
  2. d'Alembert operator
  3. d'Alembert operators
  4. d'Alembert's equation
  5. d'Alembert's formula
  6. D'Alembert's paradox
  7. d'Alembert's principle
  8. d'Alembertian
  9. d'Alembertians
  10. D'Alfonso
  11. D'Amato

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