连通器指上端开口不连通，下部连通的容器。例如U型管就是一种典型的连通器。若向连通器内倒水，则当水停止流动时，连通器的液面会相平。因为水面到器底同一水平面上的深度相同，压强相同，液体便能保持静止状态。

Communicating vessels is a name given to a set of containers containing a homogeneous fluid: when the liquid settles, it balances out to the same level in all of the containers regardless of the shape and volume of the containers. If additional liquid is added to one vessel, the liquid will again find a new equal level in all the connected vessels.This process is part of Stevin's Law and occurs because gravity and pressure are constant in each vessel (hydrostatic pressure).