hydraulic
adjectiveverbattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//haɪˈdɹɒlɪk//
- United States//haɪˈdɹɔːlɪk//
Pertaining to water.
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to water.
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.
- 3
Able to set underwater.
hydraulic gypsum; hydraulic cements
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”).
verb
- 1
To mine using the technique of hydraulic mining.
Forms
- past tense
- hydraulicked
- past participle
- hydraulicked
- present participle
- hydraulicking
- third person singular
- hydraulics