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hydraulics
[ hahy-draw-liks, -drol-iks ]
noun
- the science that deals with the laws governing water or other liquids in motion and their applications in engineering; practical or applied hydrodynamics.
hydraulics
/ haɪˈdrɒlɪks /
hydraulics
/ hī-drô′lĭks /
- The scientific study of water and other liquids, in particular their behavior under the influence of mechanical forces and their related uses in engineering.
- A mechanical device or system using hydraulic components.
Word History and Origins
Origin of hydraulics1
Example Sentences
Kurosawa made two movies that showed you how to move—the excitement, joy, hydraulics, and all.
He is interested in the hydraulics of supply and demand, and that demand originated primarily overseas.
For example, automakers are now introducing electric steering, replacing hydraulics.
As Merle demonstrated the problem in hydraulics the girl studied him more attentively, then gleamed with a sudden new radiance.
In ordinary hydraulics, liquids are treated as absolutely incompressible.
In many treatises on hydraulics it is stated that the frictional resistance is independent of the nature of the solid surface.
It is a question of hydraulics, you see, and came within my own province.
In fact, Raynal evidently thinks that nothing but Dutch experience in hydraulics could ever have cultivated Surinam.
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