“When a body is immersed in a fluid either wholly or partially, it is buoyed or lifted up by a force which is equal to the weight of fluid displaced by the body”. This principle was enunciated by

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• The principle, "The buoyancy is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced and the line of action is through the centroid of the displaced mass" is known as
• When a body is immersed in a fluid, partially or completely, the force of buoyancy is equal to
• The tendency for an immersed body to be lifted up in the fluid, due to an upward force opposite to the action of gravity is known as
• The resultant upward pressure of a fluid on a floating body is equal to the wirght of the fluid displaced by the body. This is known as
• The gentre of gravity of the volume of liquid displaced by an immersed body is called
• If A is the area of the immersed surface, w is the specific weight of the liquid and ͞x is the depth of horizontal surface from the liquid surface, then the total pressure P on the surface is given by
• The ratio of the specific weight of the liquid to the specific weight of a standard fluid is known as
• If a body does not return to its original position from the slightly displaced angular position and heels farther away, when given a small angular displacement; such an equilibrium is called
• In case the adhesion between moleules of a fluid is greater than cohesion between fluid and the glass, then the free level of the fluid in glass tube dipped in the glass vessel will be
• The motion of a fluid in which the fluid mass rotates without the external force is known as