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Hydrostatic equilibrium
Meaning
Noun
●
In Physics:
The
condition
in which the
shape
of a
liquid
body is in
long-term
(static)
equilibrium
under the
forces
acting on
it.
●
In Astronomy:
The state in which a
sufficiently
massive
or
warm
solid
body has
relaxed
under its own
gravity
into the
plastic
shape
that it would have if it were
liquid
, apart
possibly
from
rigid
features
in the crust.
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