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Meaning of ISOSTATIC

 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\I`so*stat"ic\, a. [Iso- + static.] (Physics & Geol.)
Subjected to equal pressure from every side; being in
hydrostatic equilibrium, as a body submerged in a liquid at
rest; pertaining to, or characterized by, isostasy.

 

 

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