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Hydraulic

//haɪˈdɹɔːlɪk// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to water. not-comparable

    "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. 2
    Related to, or operated by, hydraulics. not-comparable

    "A hydraulic press is operated by the differential pressure of water on pistons of different dimensions."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to the study of hydraulics wordnet
  2. 2
    moved or operated or effected by liquid (water or oil) wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To mine using the technique of hydraulic mining. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

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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