单词 | hydrodynamics |
释义 | hydrodynamicsn. The branch of Physics which treats of the forces acting upon or exerted by liquids. In earlier use = hydrokinetics n.; now usually taken in a comprehensive sense to include Hydrokinetics and Hydrostatics; but the earlier usage is still retained by some physicists. (Cf. dynamics n.) ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > dynamics > fluid dynamics > [noun] > hydrodynamics hydrodynamics1780 1780 T. A. Mann in Philos. Trans. 1779 (Royal Soc.) 69 596 The certain principles of hydrodynamics laid down in this essay. 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. III. xxxiii. 369 The science describing the mechanical affection of fluids..is properly and usually called by foreign writers hydrodynamics. 1812 J. Playfair Outl. Nat. Philos. I. Introd. 16 When the bodies to which motion is communicated are fluid, another modification of the principles of dynamics takes place, which constitutes the science of hydrodynamics. 1829 Nat. Philos. (Libr. Useful Knowl.) I. Hydrostat. i. 1 The whole science of liquids, or watery fluids, comprehending both Hydrostatics and Hydraulics, is sometimes called Hydrodynamics. 1881 Sir W. Thomson in Nature No. 619. 434 Some of the finest principles of mathematical hydrodynamics have..been put in requisition for perfecting the theory of hydraulic mechanism. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1780 |
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