| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. (hydrostatics) the apparent loss in weight of a body immersed in a fluid is equal to the weight of the displaced fluid.[Wordnet]. | |
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Common Expressions: Archimedes' principle
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Archimedes' principle | (hydrostatics) the apparent loss in weight of a body immersed in a fluid is equal to the weight of the displaced fluid. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: Archimedes' principle
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Archimedes' principle | Mining | The statement in fluid mechanics that a fluid buoys up a completely immersed solid so that the apparent weight of the solid is reduced by an amount equal to the weight of the fluid that it displaces. (references) | |
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