Meaning of hydrostatic lock | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A condition that arises when a device which compresses gases seizes up because of the infiltration of liquid, which prevents further compression.
   uncountable, usually
2. A lock for raising and lowering boats on a canal or waterway that operates by using pressurized water to flood or drain the level inside the lock.
   countable
3. A locking mechanism that uses hydrostatic pressure in order to achieve a seal.
   countable

Examples

“When hydrostatic lock is suspected or exists, stop cranking immediately and notify unit maintenance.”

“If the engine does not rotate, it may be seized due to its being operated with no oil, broken engine components, or hydrostatic lock.”

“Cavitated liners can also leak combustion gases into the cooling system, but they tend to produce hydrostatic locks after the engine is shut down when hot.”

“After an empty boat has been once weighed, she is numbered, and her weight is registered at the several hydrostatic locks.”

“This navigation system was possible due to Josiah White's invention of hydrostatic locks, which increased the river depth by creating small artificial floods.”

“The canal employed a series of hydrostatic locks—also called bear traps—that would create an “artificial flood” that changed water levels, allowing the barges to flow freely in either direction.”

“The different systems are :—The set screw, lead rivet, padlock, pneumatic lock, magnetic lock, cryptograph lock, and hydrostatic lock.”

“Hydrostatic locks are being successfully employed in tower cookers, and have been demonstrated to be sound in reduced size form from an engineering standpoint.”

“Vertical sterilizers use hydrostatic locks on inlet and outlet sides. Packages are placed in transverse carriers attached to twin roller-chains, which move through the sections of the hydrostatic sterilizer.”

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