"Fluid statics or hydrostatics is the branch of fluid mechanics that studies the condition of the equilibrium of a floating body and submerged body..."
Covers the study of fluids at rest and the pressure and forces generated by fluids acting on surfaces.
"...fluids at hydrostatic equilibrium and the pressure in a fluid, or exerted by a fluid, on an immersed body."
"Hydrostatics is a subcategory of fluid statics, which is the study of all fluids, both compressible or incompressible, at rest."
"Hydrostatics is fundamental to hydraulics, the engineering of equipment for storing, transporting and using fluids."
"It is also relevant to geophysics and astrophysics (for example, in understanding plate tectonics and the anomalies of the Earth's gravitational field), to meteorology, to medicine (in the context of blood pressure), and many other fields."
"Hydrostatics offers physical explanations for many phenomena of everyday life, such as why atmospheric pressure changes with altitude, why wood and oil float on water, and why the surface of still water is always level and horizontal whatever the shape of its container."
"...the study of all fluids, both compressible or incompressible, at rest."
"...in understanding plate tectonics and the anomalies of the Earth's gravitational field."
"...relevant to meteorology..."
"...medicine (in the context of blood pressure)."
"...the engineering of equipment for storing, transporting and using fluids."
"...why atmospheric pressure changes with altitude..."
"...why wood and oil float on water..."
"...why the surface of still water is always level and horizontal whatever the shape of its container."
"...the study of fluids in motion."
"...both compressible or incompressible..."
"...in understanding plate tectonics and the anomalies of the Earth's gravitational field."
"...the condition of the equilibrium of a floating body..."
"...the condition of the equilibrium of a submerged body..."
"...and many other fields."