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hydrostat

hydrostat noun: a mechanism that regulates the amount of water in a boiler.

Noun

hydrostat (plural hydrostats)

  1. A mechanism that regulates the amount of water in a boiler.
  2. A muscle tissue, composed mostly of water, that maintains a constant volume during contraction.

Forms of hydrostat

pluralhydrostats

Origin of hydrostat

From hydro- + -stat.

Questions about hydrostat

What does hydrostat mean?
Hydrostat means a mechanism that regulates the amount of water in a boiler.
What part of speech is hydrostat?
Hydrostat is a noun.
What is the plural of hydrostat?
The plural of hydrostat is hydrostats.

Words near hydrostat in the dictionary

  1. hydrostannanes
  2. hydrostannation
  3. hydrostannations
  4. hydrostannylation
  5. hydrostasis
  6. hydrostat
  7. hydrostatic
  8. hydrostatic balance
  9. hydrostatic balances
  10. hydrostatic bellows
  11. hydrostatic equilibria

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