hydraulic

English

Alternative forms

• hydraulick (obsolete)

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haɪˈdɹɒlɪk/
• IPA^(key): /haɪˈdɹɔːlɪk/

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Adjective

hydraulic (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to water. [from early 17th c.]
   • M. Le Page Du Pratz, History of Louisiana (PG), p. 47

     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. Related to, or operated by, hydraulics.

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

Derived terms

• diesel-hydraulic
• hygraulic
• hydraulic organ

Translations

Having to do with water

• Bulgarian: воден (bg) (voden)
• Catalan: hidràulic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水力的

• French: hydraulique (fr)
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• German: Wasser-, wasserkundlich
• Italian: idraulico (it)
• Persian: آبفشاری (abfeshari), هیدرولیک (fa) (hidrolik)
• Polish: hydrauliczny (pl)
• Spanish: hidráulico (es)

Related to hydraulics

• Armenian: ջրաբաշխական (hy) (ǰrabašxakan)
• Bulgarian: хидравличен (hidravličen)
• Catalan: hidràulic
• Czech: hydraulický (cs) m
• Dutch: hydraulisch (nl)
• Finnish: hydraulinen (fi)
• French: hydraulique (fr)
• German: hydraulisch (de)
• Italian: idraulico (it)
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hydraulisk

  Nynorsk: hydraulisk

• Persian: هیدرولیکی (hidroliki)
• Polish: hydrauliczny (pl)
• Portuguese: hidráulico (pt)
• Russian: гидравлический (ru) (gidravličeskij)
• Spanish: hidráulico (es)
• Swedish: hydraulisk (sv)

Verb

hydraulic (third-person singular simple present hydraulics, present participle hydraulicking, simple past and past participle hydraulicked)

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