hydrodynamics

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌhaɪdrəʊdaɪˈnæmɪks/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(hī′drō dī nam′iks, -di-)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
hy•dro•dy•nam•ics  (hī′drō dī nam′iks, -di-),USA pronunciation n. (used with a sing. v.)
  1. Hydraulicsthe branch of fluid dynamics that deals with liquids, including hydrostatics and hydrokinetics. Also called hydromechanics. 
  • hydro-1 + dynamics

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
hydrodynamics / ˌhaɪdrəʊdaɪˈnæmɪks -dɪ-/
  1. Also called: hydromechanics (functioning as singular) the branch of science concerned with the mechanical properties of fluids, esp liquids
    See also hydrokinetics, hydrostatics
  2. another name for hydrokinetics
'hydrodynamics' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Bernoulli equation - Bernoulli's theorem - fluid mechanics - hydraulics - hydro- - hydrodynamic - hydrodynamicist - hydrokinetics - hydromechanics - hydrostatics - magnetohydrodynamics - numerical weather prediction

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