Pascal's law

Pascal's law
Pas·cal's law pas-'kalz- n a statement in physics: a force applied to an enclosed fluid at equilibrium is transmitted uniformly and with undiminished intensity in all directions throughout the fluid

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pressure applied to a liquid at any point is transmitted equally in all directions.

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