An example would be hydrostatic pressure which is the pressure exerted on a surface by a column of fluid, usually water, above it. For instance you could measure the hydrostatic pressure on the floor of a lake caused by the weight of the column of water above.Trevor H Â· 7 years ago. Thumbs up.eport Abuse. Hydrostatic = having to do with fluids. From the Latin word Hydro for water and static for still, not moving. The idea is what kind of forces do you need to keep a fluid still and what kind of forces do you need to move it (hydrodynamics).
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