Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hydrostatic_head

1 sense of hydrostatic head

Sense 1
hydrostatic head -- (the pressure at a given point in a liquid measured in terms of the vertical height of a column of the liquid needed to produce the same pressure)
       => pressure, pressure level, force per unit area -- (the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit); "the compressed gas exerts an increased pressure")