hydraulic
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Etymology edit
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”).[1]
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Adjective edit
hydraulic (not comparable)
- Pertaining to water. [from early 17th c.]
- 1757, Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz, History of Louisiana, page 47:
- 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.
- Related to, or operated by, hydraulics.
- A hydraulic press is operated by the differential pressure of water on pistons of different dimensions.
Derived terms edit
- aeraulic
- airdraulic
- diesel-hydraulic
- electrohydraulic
- fueldraulic
- glaciohydraulic
- handraulic
- hydraucone
- hydrauger
- hydraulically
- hydraulic belt
- hydraulic cement
- hydraulic conductivity
- hydraulic engineering
- hydraulic fracturing
- hydraulic horsepower
- hydraulician
- hydraulicity
- hydraulic Keynesianism
- hydraulic lime
- hydraulic limestone
- hydraulic organ
- hydraulic radius
- hydraulic ram
- hydraulic retention time
- hygraulic
- mandraulic
- microhydraulic
- nonhydraulic
- pneudraulic
- psychohydraulic
- sterhydraulic
- thermohydraulic
Translations edit
having to do with water
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Verb edit
hydraulic (third-person singular simple present hydraulics, present participle hydraulicking, simple past and past participle hydraulicked)
- (transitive) To mine using the technique of hydraulic mining.
References edit
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “hydraulic”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.