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This tag is for questions relating to pressure, in the physical sciences, the perpendicular force per unit area, or the stress at a point within a confined fluid.
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How is external pressure transmitted when a fluid is not enclosed?
If the volume of fluid is not enclosed, it means any pressure applied to it that exceeds atmospheric pressure (as in, any amount at all by the block) will just make it flow to the parts of the beaker where … The water at the top of the volume will be at zero pressure relative to the atmosphere (at depth almost 0 the wall can have thickness almost zero and still hold the water). …