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Pascal's law of fluid pressures

DEFINITIONS OF: Pascal's law of fluid pressures

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n pressure applied anywhere to a body of fluid causes a force to be transmitted equally in all directions; the force acts at right angles to any surface in contact with the fluid

Synonyms:
Pascal's law
Type of:
law, law of nature
a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
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