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Sci-Tech Dictionary: hydrostatic pressure
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(fluid mechanics) The pressure at a point in a fluid at rest due to the weight of the fluid above it. Also known as gravitational pressure. The negative of the stress normal to a surface in a fluid.

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The pressure in the circulatory system exerted by the volume of blood when it is confined in a blood vessel. The hydrostatic pressure, coupled with the osmotic pressure within a capillary is opposed by the hydrostatic and osmotic pressure of the surrounding tissues. Fluids flow from the higher pressure areas to the lower pressure areas.

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The pressure equivalent to that exerted on a surface by a column of water of a given height.

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The pressure exerted by a liquid.

 
 

 

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