English Dictionary

hydrostatic paradox

名詞

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.

日本語の意味

静水学における逆説、すなわち、どんなに少量の水でも、いかなる大きな重さにも釣り合うようにできるという命題 / 流体の全方向において圧力が等しいという法則

During the lecture, the professor demonstrated the hydrostatic paradox by using a small column of water to balance a much larger weight.

講義中、教授はごく少量の水でどんなに重い物でも釣り合わせられるという静水学の命題を示すため、小さな水柱でずっと重い重りを釣り合わせてみせた。

意味（1）

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.