hydraulic
Etymology

From French hydraulique, from Latin hydraulicus, from Ancient Greek ὑδραυλικός, from ὕδραυλις ("water organ"), from ὕδωρ + αὐλός.

Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /haɪˈdɹɒlɪk/
  • (America) IPA: /haɪˈdɹɔːlɪk/
Adjective

hydraulic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to water. [from early 17th c.]
  2. Related to, or operated by, hydraulics.
    A hydraulic press is operated by the differential pressure of water on pistons of different dimensions.
Translations Translations Verb

hydraulic (hydraulics, present participle hydraulicking; simple past and past participle hydraulicked)

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



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