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hydraulic

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19
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9
Pronunciation
/haɪˈdɹɒlɪk/(UK)
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/haɪˈdɹɒlɪk/(UK) · /haɪˈdɹɔːlɪk/(US)

Definition of hydraulic

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Pertaining to water.
    “Tho' there are but seventeen feet water^([sic]) in the channel, I have seen vessels of five hundred ton enter into it. I know not why this entrance is left so neglected, as we are not in want of able engineers in France, in the hydraulic branch, a part of the mathematics to which I have most applyed^([sic]) myself.”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Pertaining to water.
    “Tho' there are but seventeen feet water^([sic]) in the channel, I have seen vessels of five hundred ton enter into it. I know not why this entrance is left so neglected, as we are not in want of able engineers in France, in the hydraulic branch, a part of the mathematics to which I have most applyed^([sic]) myself.”
  2. (not-comparable)Related to, or operated by, hydraulics.
    “A hydraulic press is operated by the differential pressure of water on pistons of different dimensions.”

verb

  1. (transitive)To mine using the technique of hydraulic mining.

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Etymology

From French hydraulique, from Latin hydraulicus, from Ancient Greek ὑδραυλικός (hudraulikós, “of a water organ”), from ὕδραυλις (húdraulis, “water organ”), from ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + αὐλός (aulós, “pipe”).

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