Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to hydrodynamics.
- adjective Of, relating to, or operated by the force of liquid in motion.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or derived from the force or motion of a fluid; relating to hydrodynamics.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to, or derived from, the dynamical action of water of a liquid; of or pertaining to water power.
- adjective friction produced by the viscosity of a liquid in motion.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective physics Of, or relating to the
science ofhydrodynamics - adjective
Operated by theforce ofwater inmotion
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to hydrodynamics
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Examples
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Or maybe hard plastic in a "hydrodynamic" (if their is such word) form that could withstand the currents.
Home/News 2010
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So one possibility is that the melanosomes got bigger during later penguin evolution as the birds became better underwater swimmers and needed a more hydrodynamic covering.
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By contrast, Deep Flight Challenger, a one-person, high-performance, experimental, prototype submersible designed by Hawkes, looks more like a plane and uses hydrodynamic force to propel the craft down.
Fancy a trip to see the Titanic? Super-subs will take tourists to the bottom of the sea 2011
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But like hydrodynamic shapes among vertebrates, evolution is constrained by the inherited architecture and by what works in those domains, hence convergence in some cases, and a rich diversity in others.
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The convergence of the hydrodynamic shape among vertebrates is currently thought to be due to the environment/similar niche/even interactions:
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Zach: Yes, similar problems with a small number of solutions leads to convergent evolution, like the convergence between the hydrodynamic shapes of the vertebrates fish and dolphins.
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Like its natural archetype, the AquaPenguin from Festo has a hydrodynamic body contour.
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Yes, similar problems with a small number of solutions leads to convergent evolution, like the convergence between the hydrodynamic shapes of the vertebrates fish and dolphins.
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Ecological consequences of major hydrodynamic disturbances on coral reefs.
Coral reef zonation 2010
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Spider-Man velcro emulating geckos clothing dyes as vibrant as a peacock hydrodynamic swimsuits from sharks
bilby commented on the word hydrodynamic
"Marine biofouling is the process in which organisms such as barnacles problematically colonize underwater surfaces. When it happens to the hulls of ships, the vessels become less hydrodynamic, having to burn more fuel in order to move through the water."
- Ben Coxworth, Electrolysis-based anti-biofouling system keeps hulls clean, gizmag.com, 7 Dec 2012.
December 10, 2012