hydraulics

[ hahy-draw-liks, -drol-iks ]

/ haɪˈdrɔ lɪks, -ˈdrɒl ɪks /

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noun (used with a singular verb)

the science that deals with the laws governing water or other liquids in motion and their applications in engineering; practical or applied hydrodynamics.

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Origin of hydraulics

First recorded in 1665–75; see origin at hydraulic, -ics

Words nearby hydraulics

hydraulic motor, hydraulic pile, hydraulic press, hydraulic radius, hydraulic ram, hydraulics, hydraulic suspension, hydraulic torque converter, hydraulus, hydrazide, hydrazine

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How to use hydraulics in a sentence

Kurosawa made two movies that showed you how to move—the excitement, joy, hydraulics, and all.
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He is interested in the hydraulics of supply and demand, and that demand originated primarily overseas.
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For example, automakers are now introducing electric steering, replacing hydraulics.
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As Merle demonstrated the problem in hydraulics the girl studied him more attentively, then gleamed with a sudden new radiance.
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In ordinary hydraulics, liquids are treated as absolutely incompressible.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 1|Various
In many treatises on hydraulics it is stated that the frictional resistance is independent of the nature of the solid surface.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 1|Various
It is a question of hydraulics, you see, and came within my own province.
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes|A. Conan Doyle
In fact, Raynal evidently thinks that nothing but Dutch experience in hydraulics could ever have cultivated Surinam.
Black Rebellion|Thomas Wentworth Higginson

British Dictionary definitions for hydraulics

hydraulics

/ (haɪˈdrɒlɪks) /

noun

(functioning as singular) another name for fluid mechanics

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Scientific definitions for hydraulics

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.