hydrolock
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Blend of hydrostatic + lock
Noun[edit]
hydrolock (plural hydrolocks)
- Abbreviation of hydrostatic lock. (a condition affecting a compression device that compresses gases, having been infiltrated by an unsustainable amount of incompressible liquid, or, being unable to further compress gases, locking the device in place)
Derived terms[edit]
- hydrolocked (adj.) (having the condition)
Verb[edit]
hydrolock (third-person singular simple present hydrolocks, present participle hydrolocking, simple past and past participle hydrolocked)
- Abbreviation of hydrostatic lock. (to enter a hydrolock)
Derived terms[edit]
- hydrolocking (n.) (the action of hydrolock)