hydraulics

English

Alternative forms

• hydraulicks (obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wed-

Proto-Indo-European *-r̥

Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥

Proto-Hellenic *údōr

Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr)

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlo-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlós

Proto-Hellenic *aulós

Ancient Greek αὐλός (aulós)

Ancient Greek ὕδραυλις (húdraulis)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)

Ancient Greek ὑδραυλικός (hudraulikós)bor.

Latin hydraulicuslbor.

French hydrauliquebor.

English hydraulic

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

Old English -as

Middle English -es

English -s

English -ics

English hydraulics

From hydraulic + -ics.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /haɪˈdɹɒlɪks/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /haɪˈdɹɔːlɪks/

Noun

hydraulics (uncountable)

1. The engineering science that deals with practical applications where liquid is in motion and transmits energy.

   applied hydraulics

   The engineer specialized in fluid mechanics and hydraulics.

2. The hydraulic system of a vehicle or other machine.

   hydraulics system

   The brakes work on the principle of hydraulics.

Derived terms

• electrohydraulics
• pneudraulics
• psychohydraulics
• thermohydraulics

Translations

engineering science that deals with liquid in motion

• Arabic: ميكانيك السوائل
• Armenian: ջրաբաշխություն (hy) (ǰrabašxutʻyun), հիդրավլիկա (hy) (hidravlika)
• Belarusian: гідра́ўліка f (hidráwlika)
• Catalan: hidràulica (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水力學 / 水力学 (zh) (shuǐlìxué)

• Czech: hydraulika f
• Danish: hydraulik (da) c
• Dutch: hydraulica (nl) f, stromingsleer (nl) f
• Finnish: hydrauliikka (fi)
• French: hydraulique (fr) f
• Georgian: ჰიდრავლიკა (ka) (hidravliḳa)
• German: Hydraulik (de) f
• Greek: υδραυλική (el) f (ydravlikí)
• Hindi: द्रविकी f (dravikī), द्रवविज्ञान m (dravvijñān)
• Hungarian: hidraulika (hu)
• Indonesian: hidrolika (id), hidraulika (id)
• Italian: idraulica (it) f
• Japanese: 水理学 (すいりがく, suirigaku)
• Latvian: hidraulika f
• Malay: hidraulik (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hydraulikk m

  Nynorsk: hydraulikk m

• Persian: هیدرولیک (fa) (hidrolik)
• Polish: hydraulika (pl) f
• Portuguese: hidráulica (pt) f
• Russian: гидра́влика (ru) f (gidrávlika)
• Spanish: hidráulica (es) f
• Swedish: hydraulik (sv) c
• Tagalog: danumsigwasan
• Ukrainian: гідра́вліка f (hidrávlika)
• Vietnamese: thuỷ lực học

hydraulic system

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 液壓 / 液压 (zh) (yèyā)

Further reading

• hydraulics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia