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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The scientific study of liquids in motion. uncountable

   "He specializes in hydrodynamics."

2. 2
   study of fluids in motion wordnet
3. 3
   The phenomena thus studied. uncountable

   "The hydrodynamics of a hovercraft are fascinating."

Synonyms

All synonyms

aerodynamicsbarodynamicsbiodynamicsdynamicsfluid dynamicsfluidics

Example

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"He specializes in hydrodynamics."

Etymology

From hydro- + dynamics.

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