The term isostatic may refer to:
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Isostatic depression
Isostatic depression is the sinking of large parts of the Earth's crust into the asthenosphere caused by a heavy weight placed on the Earth's surface, often glacial ice during continental glaciation. Isostatic depression and isostatic rebound o ...
in geodynamics
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Isostatic powder compaction in metallurgy and ceramic engineering
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Isostatic press in manufacturing
See also
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Isostasy
Isostasy (Greek wikt:ἴσος, ''ísos'' 'equal', wikt:στάσις, ''stásis'' 'standstill') or isostatic equilibrium is the state of gravity, gravitational mechanical equilibrium, equilibrium between Earth's crust (geology), crust (or lithosph ...
in geology: gravitational equilibrium between the Earth's lithosphere and asthenosphere
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Statically determinate
In statics and structural mechanics, a structure is statically indeterminate when the equilibrium equations force and moment equilibrium conditions are insufficient for determining the internal forces and reactions on that structure.
Mathemat ...
structures in physics and engineering
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