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Latin
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek ὑγρός (hugrós, “wet”, “moist”) + stathmica (the laws of balance).
Pronunciation
Adjective
hygrostathmicus (feminine hygrostathmica, neuter hygrostathmicum); first/second-declension adjective
- hygrostatic, relating to the balance of liquids.
- 1716, Jakob Hermann, Phoromia, Liber II, no. 296:
Corollarium praecedens fundamentum continet diversarum machinularum hygrostathmicarum, quibus diversorum liquorum specifica gravitates explorari solent.- The preceding corollary contains the basis for various little hygrostatic machines by which specific gravities of various liquids are usually investigated.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.