Hy·dro·stat·ic Hy·dro·stat·ic·al a.  Of or relating to hydrostatics; pertaining to, or in accordance with, the principles of the equilibrium of fluids.
    The first discovery made in hydrostatics since the time of Archimedes is due to Stevinus.   --Hallam.
 Hydrostatic balance, a balance for weighing substances in water, for the purpose of ascertaining their specific gravities.
 Hydrostatic bed, a water bed.
 Hydrostatic bellows, an apparatus consisting of a water-tight bellowslike case with a long, upright tube, into which water may be poured to illustrate the hydrostatic paradox.
 Hydrostatic paradox, the proposition in hydrostatics that any quantity of water, however small, may be made to counterbalance any weight, however great; or the law of the equality of pressure of fluids in all directions.
 Hydrostatic press, a machine in which great force, with slow motion, is communicated to a large plunger by means of water forced into the cylinder in which it moves, by a forcing pump of small diameter, to which the power is applied, the principle involved being the same as in the hydrostatic bellows. Also called hydraulic press, and Bramah press. In the illustration,  is a pump with a small plunger , which forces the water into the cylinder , thus driving upward the large plunder , which performs the reduced work, such as compressing cotton bales, etc.

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 Hy·drau·lic a.  Of or pertaining to hydraulics, or to fluids in motion; conveying, or acting by, water; as, an hydraulic clock, crane, or dock.
 Hydraulic accumulator, an accumulator for hydraulic machinery of any kind. See Accumulator, 2.
 Hydraulic brake, a cataract. See Cataract, 3.
 Hydraulic cement, a cement or mortar made of hydraulic lime, which will harden under water.
 Hydraulic elevator, a lift operated by the weight or pressure of water.
 Hydraulic jack. See under Jack.
 Hydraulic lime, quicklime obtained from hydraulic limestone, and used for cementing under water, etc.
 Hydraulic limestone, a limestone which contains some clay, and which yields a quicklime that will set, or form a firm, strong mass, under water.
 Hydraulic main Gas Works, a horizontal pipe containing water at the bottom into which the ends of the pipes from the retorts dip, for passing the gas through water in order to remove ammonia.
 Hydraulic mining, a system of mining in which the force of a jet of water is used to wash down a bank of gold-bearing gravel or earth. [Pacific Coast]
 Hydraulic press, a hydrostatic press. See under Hydrostatic.
 Hydraulic propeller, a device for propelling ships by means of a stream of water ejected under water rearward from the ship.
 Hydraulic ram, a machine for raising water by means of the energy of the moving water of which a portion is to be raised. When the rush of water through the main pipe  shuts the valve at , the momentum of the current thus suddenly checked forces part of it into the air chamber , and up the pipe , its return being prevented by a valve at the entrance to the air chamber, while the dropping of the valve  by its own weight allows another rush through the main pipe, and so on alternately.
 Hydraulic valve. Mach. (a) A valve for regulating the distribution of water in the cylinders of hydraulic elevators, cranes, etc. (b) Gas Works An inverted cup with a partition dipping into water, for opening or closing communication between two gas mains, the open ends of which protrude about the water.

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 hydraulic press
      n : press in which a force applied by a piston to a small area
          is transmitted through water to another piston having a
          large area