a device that detects the presence of water as a prevention against drying out, overflow, etc, esp one used as a warning in a steam boiler
hydrostat in American English
(ˈhaidrəˌstæt)
noun
1.
an electrical device for detecting the presence of water, as from overflow or leakage
2.
any of various devices for preventing injury to a steam boiler when its water sinks below a certain level
Word origin
[1855–60; hydro-1 + -stat]This word is first recorded in the period 1855–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: barrage, keyword, lavabo, pipeline, specialisthydro- is a combining form meaning “water,” used in the formation of compound words. Otherwords that use the affix hydro- include: hydrofoil, hydrograph, hydrography, hydrometer, hydrotherapy; -stat is a combining form used in the names of devices that stabilize or make constantwhat is specified by the initial element. Other words that use the affix -stat include: appestat, coelostat, gyrostat, pyrostat, rheostat
Examples of 'hydrostat' in a sentence
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The calculations for design of a high pressure hydrostat for foodstuff processing have been performed.
Tikhonov S.L. , Tikhonova N.V., Samokhvalova E.V. , Poznyakovskiy V.M., Volkov A.Yu.,Aleksandrov A.V. , Terent`ev A.E., Lazarev V.A. 2016, 'USE OF BAR PROCESSING TO INCREASE THE SHELF LIFE OF VITAMINIZED SAUSAGES AND THEIRUSE FOR THE CORRECTION OF STUDENTS' HEALTH', Foods and Raw Materialshttp://jfrm.ru/?page=archive&jrn=8&article=13. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Cuttlefish and octopuses also have a unique muscular hydrostat system in their skin.
Paloma T. Gonzalez-Bellido, Alexia T. Scaros, Roger T. Hanlon, Trevor J. Wardill 2018, 'Neural Control of Dynamic 3-Dimensional Skin Papillae for Cuttlefish Camouflage',iSciencehttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004218300014. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
They lend evidence to support the notion that the ventricular myocardium works as a muscular hydrostat.
Robert S. Stephenson, Peter Agger, Camilla Omann, Damian Sanchez-Quintana, JonathanC. Jarvis, Robert H. Anderson 2018, 'Resolving the True Ventricular Mural Architecture', Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Diseasehttp://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/5/2/34. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)