hydraulic fluid
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hydraulic fluid
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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Airbus and Boeing, the two biggest aircraft manufacturers, have acknowledged that malfunctions can lead to oil and hydraulic fluid leaking into the engines or power units and vaporizing at extreme heat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2025
René Descartes believed that animal spirits flowed from the brain through hollow nerves and inflated the muscles, just as hydraulic fluid traveled through machines in the royal gardens at Saint-Germain.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 9, 2022
Internal documents from airlines and aircraft manufacturers provide detailed instructions for identifying oil and hydraulic fluid contamination in the air supply by smells like “dirty socks,” “musty” and “acrid,” The Times found.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2022
Philadelphia put Crisco and hydraulic fluid on downtown light poles to discourage Eagles revelers from trying to climb them.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2018
This would produce changes in the pressure of the hydraulic fluid by affecting the kinetic energy of the fluid's atoms.
From Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]
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