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ShareFluid dynamics is the subdiscipline of fluid mechanics that studies fluids (liquids and gases) in motion.
The discipline has a number of subdisciplines, including aerodynamics (the study of gases) and hydrodynamics (the study of liquids).
For more information about the topic Fluid dynamics, read the full article at Wikipedia.org, or see the following related articles:
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