Meaning

2 senses
  1. A mechanism that regulates the amount of water in a boiler.

  2. A muscle tissue, composed mostly of water, that maintains a constant volume during contraction.

Origin

From hydro- + -stat.

From hydro- + -stat.

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Forms

plural: hydrostats
Singularhydrostat
Pluralhydrostats

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedhygrostat

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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