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LAW OF ARCHIMEDES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does law of Archimedes mean?
• LAW OF ARCHIMEDES (noun)
The noun LAW OF ARCHIMEDES has 1 sense:
1. (hydrostatics) the apparent loss in weight of a body immersed in a fluid is equal to the weight of the displaced fluid
Familiarity information: LAW OF ARCHIMEDES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(hydrostatics) the apparent loss in weight of a body immersed in a fluid is equal to the weight of the displaced fluid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
Archimedes' principle; law of Archimedes
Hypernyms ("law of Archimedes" is a kind of...):
law; law of nature (a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature)
Domain category:
hydrostatics (study of the mechanical properties of fluids that are not in motion)
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