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static system. Also found in: Encyclopedia. statÂ·ic sysÂ·tem. that part of the neuromuscular system whereby the animal organism is maintained in posture and equilibrium and counteracts the forces of gravity and atmospheric pressure; distinguished from the kinetic system (2).
DOI: 10.1615/AtoZ.s.static_head. The static head, sometimes referred to as the pressure head, is a term primarily used in Hydraulics to denote the static pressure in a pipe, channel, or duct flow. It has the physical dimensions of length (hence the term head) and represents the flow-work per unit weight of fluid.