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Noun: hydrostatic head
  1. 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

Derived forms: hydrostatic heads

Type of: force per unit area, pressure, pressure level

Encyclopedia: Hydrostatic head

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