Pronunciation Adjective
hydraulic (not comparable)
- Pertaining to water. [from early 17th c.]
- M. Le Page Du Pratz, History of Louisiana (PG), p. 47
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- M. Le Page Du Pratz, History of Louisiana (PG), p. 47
- Related to, or operated by, hydraulics.
- A hydraulic press is operated by the differential pressure of water on pistons of different dimensions.
- French: hydraulique
- German: Wasser-, wasserkundlich
- Italian: idraulico
- Spanish: hidráulico
- French: hydraulique
- German: hydraulisch
- Italian: idraulico
- Portuguese: hidráulico
- Russian: гидравлический
- Spanish: hidráulico
hydraulic (hydraulics, present participle hydraulicking; past and past participle hydraulicked)
- (transitive) To mine using the technique of hydraulic mining.
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